Cross-sectional Study of Unnatural Deaths in BTGH KALABURGI.
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unnatural deaths, Road traffic accidents, burns, poisoning.Abstract
This study was conducted in department of forensic medicine and toxicology,Basaweshwar teaching and general hospital
attached to M R Medical College Kalaburgi to determine the incidence,pattern, modes and manner of unnatural deaths.
Total number of unnatural deaths studied were 230. There were 144(62.6%)cases of unnatural deaths in case of males and
86(37.39%) in females.Maximum no. of unnatural deaths was seen in the age group of 21-30yrs(38.2%), followed by 31-
40yrs(18.69%).Majority of the cases were accidental 123(53.4%) cases followed by suicidal 79(34.34%)cases and homicidal
28(12.17%) cases. There were 109(47.39%)cases of road traffic accidents, 54(23.47%) cases of burns &47(20.43%) cases of
poisoning. Unnatural deaths in females were mainly suicidal, where as in case of males deaths were accidental. Majority of
unnatural death victims were from rural area (57.82%).
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