A two-year retrospective survey of drowning deaths in the state of Goa

Authors

  • Bharat Sreekumar Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Goa
  • Sheryl Suares Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Goa
  • Pannag S Kumar Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Goa
  • Andre Victor Fernandes Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Goa Medical College, Goa

Keywords:

Drowning, Fresh water, Salt water

Abstract

A two year retrospective survey was conducted spanning from 2017-2018 in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology on  cases brought for postmortem as deaths due to drowning. A total of 220 cases of drowning in the state of Goa have been categorically  analyzed and presented based on age, sex, fresh water or salt water drowning and the manner of death.The most common source of  fresh water drowning was found to be rivers (40%). The study showed that accidental drowning (73.08%) was more common than  suicidal (26.37%) and homicidal (1%) drowning. Highest number of deaths was recorded in the age group of 31-45 years, with higher  male preponderance. 

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Published

2021-12-15

How to Cite

Sreekumar, B., Suares, S., Kumar, P. S., & Victor Fernandes, A. (2021). A two-year retrospective survey of drowning deaths in the state of Goa . Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine, 43(4), 337-339. https://jiafm.in/index.php/jiafm/article/view/188