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January 1, 2023Medico-Legal UpdateOpen Access

An Evaluation of Profile of Medico-Legal Autopsy Cases Reported at Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology inA Government Medical College of Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand: A Retrospective Study

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PSPankaj Kumar SahuPSPushpendra SinghNGNiranjan Kumar Gunjan

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Overview

Retrospective study reveals road traffic accidents and male predominance in medico-legal autopsies, highlighting preventable trauma risks among young adults.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the demographic characteristics, patterns, and underlying manners of death among medico-legal autopsy cases.
  • Retrospective review of all medico-legal autopsies (N=156) conducted from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, at a government medical college in Uttarakhand, India.
  • Data extracted from the departmental medico-legal autopsy register included age, sex, marital status, and manner of death.
  • Individuals aged 21–30 years comprised the largest age group (26.28%, n=41), with males accounting for 76.2% (n=119) of total cases.
  • Accidental fatalities represented 58.3% of deaths, primarily driven by road traffic accidents (52.5%, n=82).
  • Suicides accounted for 24.3% of cases, while sudden or natural deaths comprised 17.3% (n=27).

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Sahu et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a711992f44fa9f079dedf27https://doi.org/10.37506/mlu.v23i2.3389
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