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Profile of Asphyxial Deaths in Faisalabad: A 10-Year Study
Mobin Inam Pal1, Altaf Pervez Qasim2, Mohammad Naeem1
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad.
Objective:
To determine the frequency of violent asphyxial deaths in Faisalabad over a span of a decade; and assessing the age and gender vulnerability.
Study Design:
Descriptive cross-sectional study.
Place And Duration Of Study:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, from January 2007 to December 2016.
Methodology:
Cases identified as violent asphyxial deaths according to police inquests and findings of the medico-legal examiners were computed. Age, gender, and cause of asphyxia recorded in predesigned proformas and analysed by SPSS version 12.0.
Results:
Asphyxial deaths accounted for 7.66% (259 / 3,381) of the medico-legal deaths during the 10-year span. Majority (28.57%) victims belonged to the 20-29 year age group, followed by the 10-19 year age group (20.07%). Male victims (56%) outnumbered the females (44%) by ratio of 1.3:1. Ligature strangulation was the cause of asphyxia in majority of the victims (40.93%), followed by hanging (28.96%).
Conclusion:
Young population between 20-29 years were the predominant victims of violent asphyxial deaths. Homicide due to ligature strangulation was the commonest form of violent asphyxial deaths.
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