A Study on Profile of Death due to Hanging in Jamnagar Region
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https://doi.org/10.37506/ztj3qj77Keywords:
Hanging, Male Predominance, Ligature material, epidemiological parameters.Abstract
Death due to Hanging is the commonest unnatural death encountered by forensic experts. Hanging is the most
common method of committing suicide and ending one’s life. To know the burden of a suicide due to hanging
in society, a retrospective study was conducted in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department, Shri M P Shah
Government Medical College and Guru Gobind singh Government Hospital, Jamnagar. Total number of 224 cases
of hanging was studied during the period of one year from the December-2023 to January-2023 in this study. The
data like age, sex, religion, ligature material etc. was collected and analysed. According to this study, 224 people
died due to hanging out of 1231 post-mortem performed in one year period time in the Forensic Medicine and
Toxicology Department, Jamnagar. Male predominance was seen in this study which included 66.51% male,33.03%
female and 1 case was from trans-gender. Maximum number of person died due to hanging was from the 21-30
years of age which is 41.52% of total cases. Total of 98.66% cases are in suicidal in nature in this study. Death due
suicide is a major public health related issue in society. Death due the hanging is a partially preventable situation
by proper education, guidance, counselling and seeking professional help early stage of stress.
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