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- Title
Unintentional Deaths among Adolescents in the Age Group of 10 to 19 Years: An Autopsy Study.
- Authors
Praveen; K. B., Dileep Kumar; R., Raghavendra
- Abstract
Introduction: Adolescence is commonly regarded as a healthy time of life, with apeak in strength, speed, fitness, and many cognitive abilities. However, major shifts in health take placearound puberty as new health risks with potentially life threatening consequences become prominent. Unnatural deaths are the leading killer of today's teenage and adolescent generation, as the patterns have changed from infections to social aetiologies during the lastdecades. The unnatural deaths may be due to unintentional or intentional injuries.Unintentional injuries are mainly accidents. Intentional injuries are mainly suicidesand homicide. Aims and Objectives: To know the type, incidence, and sex wise distribution of unintentional deaths of adolescents in the age group of 10 -- 19 years. Material Methods: Department of Forensic Medicine, BMC & RI (Victoria & Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals) is a postgraduate institute that conducts autopsies of all sudden, suspicious, unnatural deaths which occur in and around Bengaluru. The present study is a descriptive study of unintentional unnatural death cases of Adolescents (10 to 19 years) which were autopsied at BMC & RI, Bengaluru for a period of 18 months from Dec. 2014 to May 2016. Results: Out of 148 cases of unintentional injury, 109 cases were males (73.64%) and 39 cases were females (26.36%). Among unintentional deaths majority were due to RTA 58 cases (39.19%), Accidental Scalds/Burninjuries 30 cases (20.27%), Accidental drowning 18 cases (12.16%), Electrocution 14 cases (9.45%), Accidental railway injury sustained 15 cases (10.13%), Accidental fall 11 cases (7.43%), Snakebite 1 case (0.67%), Blast explosion 1 case (0.67%). Conclusion: Adolescent age is an important stage in development. Death in adolescentage is a potential life loss to family and society to some extent and reflects socioeconomic and Medical Health Carestatus at the National and Regional levels. Accurate legal investigations is essential increating awareness among National policymakers and educators/caregivers, to prevent adolescent deaths. To conclude useful and informative determinants of adolescent death were identified in this study. Since there is very little information regarding adolescent death in developing countries like ours. This suggests that each and every center conducting autopsies should come up with such studies to reflect the magnitude of the occurrence of unnatural adolescent deaths.
- Subjects
INDIA; TRAFFIC accidents; AUTOPSY; RESEARCH methodology; BURNS &; scalds; DROWNING; ELECTRICAL injuries; SNAKEBITES; SEX distribution; ACCIDENTAL falls; BLAST injuries; CHILD mortality
- Publication
Medico-Legal Update, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 2, p10
- ISSN
0971-720X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/mlu.v23i2.3383