Abstract：
BACKGROUND:The Tunisian Penal Code defines infanticide as the murder committed by the mother on her child at birth or immediately after. There is a dearth of studies and official statistics on infanticide in the Arab region and North Africa. OBJECTIVE:to analyze the infanticide trends in northern Tunisia between 1977 and 2016. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:we included all cases of infanticides autopsied at the Legal Medicine Department of Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, over a period of 40 years (1977-2016). METHODS:A descriptive retrospective study. RESULTS:We collected a total of 513 cases of infanticide over the study period. The general prevalence of infanticide was 0.42 per 100,000 live births per year. Infanticide often occurred during the week, in winter (31.5%) and in spring (30.9%). The newborn was often found on public roads (40.9%) and in urban areas (81.4%). The newborn was often full-term (73.6%), mature, without any congenital malformation, found completely naked (75.2%) and with an empty stomach (93.7%). The umbilical cord was often cut (71.5%), not ligated (82%) with an irregular edge (64%). There was often no putrefaction (54.4%). The hydrostatic test (81.8%) and histological examination (81.1%) showed that infants had breathed. Neglect was the most common cause of death (49.9%). CONCLUSION:Northern Tunisia has a low prevalence of infanticide compared to most of the previous European and American studies. A better understanding of infanticide would allow us to adapt measures of prevention.
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Child Abuse Negljournal_title
Child abuse & neglectauthors
Ben Khelil M,Boukthir I,Hmandi O,Zhioua M,Hamdoun Mdoi
10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104047subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-09-01 00:00:00pages
104047eissn
0145-2134issn
1873-7757pii
S0145-2134(19)30224-8journal_volume
95pub_type
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