Incidence of Homicidal Deaths with the Distribution of Age, Gender and Cause of Death at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India.

The present prospective study aims to establish the incidence of homicidal deaths with the distribution of age, gender and cause of death among cases which were subjected to post-mortem examination in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India for a period of two years. The study revealed that among 10137 autopsies conducted in the study period, homicidal deaths accounted for 211 (2.08%) cases. Among the study population, the majority of the victims were aged between 21-30 years (35.55%). Males comprised the majority of victims as compared to females in the ratio 2.15:1. Head injury alone was cause for 41.23% of homicidal deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]