Profile and Pattern of Hanging Cases at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Khammam; Telangana
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Hanging, Incidence, Ligature material, place, Income, EducationAbstract
Out of 824 medico legal cases presenting to Dept. of Forensic Medicine, MGH, Khammam, TS during one year (November 2014 to October 2015), 32 (n=32) hanging cases were reported and all of them were taken into the present study. It was observed that the most vulnerable age group was 21 to 30 years [75.00%] in both sexes, with male to female ratio being 3:1. Males, Married, Hindu by religion, from rural area accounted for 71.87 %. 24[75.00%] belonged to low income group. Preferred place of hanging was indoor setting in 31[96.81%] cases. Financial problem was the main cause of committing suicidal hanging. Marital unhappiness, chronic non-curable illness, domestic violence were the other main causative factors of hanging. Hanging was complete in 24[75.00%] and was atypical in 22 [68.75%] cases. Ligature material was present in 31 cases, it was above the level of thyroid cartilage in 28[87.50%], the ligature mark was oblique in 31[96.87%], deep in 26[81.25%].Rope was used as ligature material by 24[75.00%]. Salivary discharge was observed in 14[43.75%] cases. Protrusion of tongue was seen in 12[37.50%]. Asphyxial signs and congestion of organs, soft tissue petechial hemorrhage was seen in 2 [6.25%], intimal tears of carotid artery in 4[12.50%]cases , fracture of hyoid bone in 7[2187%] cases and no thyroid cartilage fracture were seen. The study objective was to find out the epidemiological findings, pattern of hanging and identifying appropriate reasons
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