Table 3 Period of survival & cause of Suicide wise cause of Death & percentage of burns
From: Suicidal deaths by burns in females of reproductive age: 2 yr study
Cause of death | Percentage of Burns on total body surface area | Percentage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Septicemia | Hypovolemia | Shock | Total | 26-50% | 51-75% | 76-100% | Total | |||
Period of survival | less than 6 h | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9.38 |
6-24 h | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7.81 | |
1-7 days | 26 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 57.81 | |
more than 7 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 25.00 | |
Total | 44 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 64 | 100 | |
Cause of suicide | Self | 29 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 70.31 |
In law torture | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 20.31 | |
Domestic quarrel | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9.38 | |
Total | 44 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 64 | 100 | |
Percentage | 68.75 | 14.06 | 17.19 | 100 | 12.5 | 43.75 | 43.75 | 100 | ||