Asphyxial deaths: A study from Delhi, India Chaudhary BL1, Vidua Raghvendra Kumar2,* 1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi 2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh *Corresponding Author Dr. Raghvendra Kumar Vidua, Associate Professor, E-mail: raghvendra.fmt@aiimsbhopal.edu.in, Mobile: +917747010414
Online published on 24 January, 2020. Abstract Violent asphyxia is a commonly reported mode of death. However, it is not a single entity and the objective of this study is to figure out the commonest form amongst them and to study the factors favouring that means. For this, the details about all the violent asphyxial deaths autopsied between 2006 and 2010, was collected from the department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. During the study period167 (6.02%) deaths were reported due to violent asphyxia (5.77/100000 per year) out of a total of 2773 medico-legal autopsies conducted. The most common method amongst them was hanging (77.24%), followed by drowning (9.58%) and strangulation (5.98%). Violent asphyxia contributed in 6.02% of total medico-legal autopsy cases. The hanging was found as the most favourite means amongst them. Top Keywords Violent Asphyxia, Hanging, Medicolegal autopsy. Top |