Background: Violent asphyxial deaths are one of the important causes of death nowadays. For reasons not known to others, victims end their life by committing suicide. Hanging is one of the preferred mode of committing suicide, as it supposedly produces painless death as compared to others modes of suicide, and also because it produces instantaneous death. The present study is for looking into demographic profile of the victims of hanging for studying the predisposing factors, and to take preventing measures. Aims & Objectives: To analyze various demographic and social aspects of hanging. Materials and Methods: A profile of 87 cases of death due to hanging in the present prospective study was done at FMTD, GMC and NCH, Surat, between October 2011 and September 2013. The observations of the study were compared with previous studies. Results: In the present study, the incidence rate of hanging cases was 2.20%. The major age group involved was 21 to 30 years. Majority of hanging cases were found in males. Incidence of hanging was recorded high in married females compared to married males. Majority of victims chose home to end their lives. Majority of the persons were non migrant in this study. Majority of victims had gained education more than secondary level. In most of the cases, total monthly income of family was less than 10,000. The most common ligature material used was dupatta. Conclusion: Hanging among male is more common than female. Married persons have more incidence of hanging. Hanging is more common in less educated persons. Low income is a risk factor for hanging. Persons prefer home for hanging over other places. Persons prefer soft, easily available material for hanging. So by identifying these risk factors we can initiate appropriate steps to reduce deaths due to hanging.
ObjectiveTo determine the significance of baseline hypercoagulable status as an independent risk factor for premature CAD (coronary artery disease) in a south Asian migrant population.BackgroundAtherosclerosis is the leading cause of mortality in United States and other industrialized countries. South Asian immigrant is the largest ethnic group in United States with a much higher incidence of CAD as compared with the Framingham study. Thus, an effort needs to be made to search for other modifiable risk factors, especially in this population.MethodsAn arterial hypercoagulabe workup was performed on all the south Asian patients with angiographically proven premature CAD at an inner-city community hospital between a period of 1998 to 2002.ResultsAn increased propensity for arterial hypercoagulability was display by 17.85% of the studied population, in the form of elevated homocysteine, fibrinogen, and antiphospholipid antibody levels.ConclusionsConsidering the increased prevalence and the potential mortality and long-term morbidity of CAD, an arterial hypercoagualablity workup is worth considering in a south Asian population with premature CAD.Condensed AbstractCAD is one of the major killers of industrialized countries. Starting from the Framingham study, several studies have been performed to find out the risk factors and the ways to modify them to decrease the incidence of CAD. South Asian migrants in the United States constitute a unique subset of patients with a higher than expected incidence of CAD. We tested for arterial hypercoagulability a population of south Asian migrants with an angiographically proven diagnosis of premature CAD in an inner-city community hospital from 1998 to 2002. We found an incidence of 17.85% positive hypercoagulable workup in this group.
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