Abstract
Poisoning is a common day to day problem. Profile of poisoning in an area depends upon a variety of factors, ranging from access to and availability of poison, socio-economic status of the individual, cultural and religious influences, etc. A prospective study was carried out in the Department of Forensic medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital Bangalore to study the socio- demographic profiling of deaths due to poisoning. Out of the 100 cases studied, incidence of poisoning was found to be more amongst the age group of 21 to 30 years in both sexes with mean age being 25.4 years and 25.4 years amongst males and females respectively. Poisoning is more in males (68%) as compared to females. In both the sexes, married (68%) outnumbered the unmarried in rural and urban community. This study shows that maximum number of poisoning cases were noticed among Upper Lower socio economic Class and in Nuclear families(61%). It was observed that majority of the victims were Graduate (28%).Financial constraints(22%) were the most common motive behind poisoning deaths.
Highlights
Indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture, introduction of a variety of newer drugs for treatment, exposure to hazardous chemical products due to rapid industrialization, unhealthy dietary habits and increase in alcohol consumption have led to a wide spectrum of toxic products to which people are exposed nowadays
The maximum number of poisoning in the study population are seen in the age group of 21 to 30 years (43%)
Least number was noticed in the age group of 0 to years and to 20 years, accounting to (1.47%) each
Summary
Indiscriminate use of pesticides in agriculture, introduction of a variety of newer drugs for treatment, exposure to hazardous chemical products due to rapid industrialization, unhealthy dietary habits and increase in alcohol consumption have led to a wide spectrum of toxic products to which people are exposed nowadays. Profile of poisoning in an area depends upon a variety of factors, ranging from access to and availability of poison, socio-economic status of the individual, cultural and religious influences, etc. Both suicidal and homicidal cases of poisoning are more common in India than in Western countries owing to the easy availability of poisonous substances on account of non stringent application of the laws of the land. This study has been aimed to determine the various parameters of poisoning such as mode of poisoning, type of poison, relation to occupation, marital status, religion status, motivation, vulnerable age group in South Bangalore
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