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dc.contributor.author | Byard, R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Klitte, A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | James, R. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2002; 23(1):15-18 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0195-7910 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1533-404X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/5482 | - |
dc.description.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. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000433-200203000-00003 | - |
dc.subject | Humans | - |
dc.subject | Abdominal Injuries | - |
dc.subject | Arm Injuries | - |
dc.subject | Neck Injuries | - |
dc.subject | Thoracic Injuries | - |
dc.subject | Wounds, Stab | - |
dc.subject | Suicide | - |
dc.subject | Age Distribution | - |
dc.subject | Sex Distribution | - |
dc.subject | Adult | - |
dc.subject | Aged | - |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | - |
dc.subject | South Australia | - |
dc.subject | Female | - |
dc.subject | Male | - |
dc.title | Clinicopathologic features of fatal self-inflicted incised and stab wounds - A 20-year study | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1097/00000433-200203000-00003 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Byard, R. [0000-0002-0524-5942] | - |
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