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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Clinicopathologic features of fatal self-inflicted incised and stab wounds - A 20-year study |
Author: | Byard, R. Klitte, A. Gilbert, J. James, R. |
Citation: | American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2002; 23(1):15-18 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
ISSN: | 0195-7910 1533-404X |
Abstract: | The files of the Forensic Science Center in Adelaide, South Australia, were examined for all cases listed as suicide in which death had been caused by the use of a sharp instrument during the 20-year period from January 1981 to December 2000. Fifty-one cases were identified, consisting of 35 men and 16 women. The age range was 23 to 83 years (mean 49 years) representing 1.6% of total suicides (513182). Fatal injuries included incised wounds to the arms in 51.4% of men (n = 1835) compared with 87.5% of women (n = 1416), incised and stab wounds to the neck in 40% of men (n = 1435) and 25% of women (n = 416), and stab wounds to the chest or abdomen in 28.6% of men (n = 1035) and 12.5% of women (n = 216). In 8 cases, multiple sites were involved. The use of sharp instruments in suicide was favored by older, rather than younger, individuals, with a tendency for women to incise their wrists. Hesitation marks were present in 23 cases (54%) and scarring of the wrists from previous suicide attempts in 5 cases. Although this study demonstrated a higher number of men than women committing suicide by using sharp objects, this method of suicide remains uncommon. |
Keywords: | Humans Abdominal Injuries Arm Injuries Neck Injuries Thoracic Injuries Wounds, Stab Suicide Age Distribution Sex Distribution Adult Aged Middle Aged South Australia Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1097/00000433-200203000-00003 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000433-200203000-00003 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Pathology publications |
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