Abstract

Mortuary Profile for Unnatural Deaths at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College

Rahim M~~Das T C

Year: 2009 Source: Bangladesh Medical Journal, v.38, no.2, (July 2009), p.44-47 SIEC No: 20100440

This study examined 1725 cases of unnatural deaths autopsied in the mortuary at Dhaka Medical College during 1996. 130 of the deaths were suicides. The male to female ratio was 1.7:1. The majority of suicides occurred among individuals in the age range 11-40 years. (14 refs.)