Analysis of suicidal asphyxial deaths in Kota, the coaching city of India Tiwari Pramod, Sharma Deepak*, Meena Sachin Kumar, Tiwari Harshvardhan Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India *Corresponding Author Dr. Deepak Sharma (Assistant Professor) E-mail: drdeepaksaharma.kota@yahoo.com, Mobile: 9414182820
Online published on 24 January, 2020. Abstract Analysis of suicidal deaths in an area reflects the socioeconomic and mental health status of the population, which inherits medicolegal implications. Suicidal asphyxiation is one of the common methods of committing suicide. The study included 372 (11.5%) cases of suicidal asphyxiation in Kota city. Hanging and drowning were reported as common methods to commit suicides. The most commonly affected age group was 21years to30 years, which contributed to about 35.4% of total suicidal asphyxial deaths. Males were more commonly involved (79%). Educational stress was the main reason to commit suicide, and included 107 cases contributing to 29% of the total asphyxial suicidal deaths. Top Keywords Hanging, Drowning, Suicide, Death. Top |