Unnatural Deaths Among Children and Adolescents in Isfahan Province, Iran: A Forensic Epidemiology Study of Postmortem Data.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:The issue of child and adolescent injury and violence is often absent from discussions and is largely invisible in public health policies. The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and pattern of unnatural deaths during childhood and adolescence in Isfahan province in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This retrospective, descriptive study involved unnatural deaths among individuals under the age of 20 years who died from unnatural causes as determined by a forensic autopsy at the Legal Medicine Center of Isfahan. During the study period, 8,010 unnatural deaths occurred, 1,222 of which were individuals under 20 years old. RESULTS:All 1,222 of these unnatural deaths were identified through autopsy. Among the 1,222 cases, 895 (73.2%) were male, and 327 were female (26.8%). Accidental deaths were found to be the most frequent manner of death comprising 1,029 (83.96%) cases, followed by suicide (120, 9.82%), undetermined cause of death (39, 3.19%), and homicide (9, 2.86%) cases. Road traffic accidents were the number 1 cause of death (597, 49%), followed by burns (122, 10%) and hanging (90, 7.4%). DISCUSSION:Injuries and violence that occur during childhood and adolescence represent a global public health problem, especially in low- and middle-income regions, and require urgent action.

journal_name

J Forensic Nurs

authors

Holakouie-Naieni K,Koehler SA,Karimi R,Mardani F,Karimi J

doi

10.1097/JFN.0000000000000114

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-04-01 00:00:00

pages

90-4

issue

2

eissn

1556-3693

issn

1939-3938

pii

01263942-201606000-00007

journal_volume

12

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