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Suicides in Imphal.
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-134722
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Out of 4169 cases brought for medicolegal postmortem examination in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal during the period of 1993 to 2002 only 296 (7.10%) were of suicide. Male predominate female and the most commonly adopted method of suicide is hanging (52.03%) followed by poisoning (23.98%). Suicide by firearm was the method of choice among the security personnel. The highest number of suicidal deaths was seen in the age groups of 21-30 yrs (36.48%) and followed by 30-41 years age group (27.36%).
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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Suicide / Female / Humans / Male / Adult / Young Adult / India / Legislation, Medical Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Year: 2005 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Suicide / Female / Humans / Male / Adult / Young Adult / India / Legislation, Medical Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Year: 2005 Type: Article