Profile of unnatural deaths that were autopsied in Dr. Soetomo general academic hospital Surabaya 2017-2022
1 Department of Medical Programme, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
2 Department of Forensics and Medicolegal, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
3 Department of Physiology and Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(03), 2264-2272
Publication history:
Received on 29 October 2024; revised on 11 December 2024; accepted on 12 December 2024
Abstract:
Unnatural death is death caused by external causes, including death caused by intentional homicide and suicide and death due to unintentional reasons such as accidents. The objective is to analyze the profile of unnatural deaths that were autopsied in this study. This study is a retrospective descriptive study, using data from registration data, visum et repertum, and visum et repertum request letter as the source of information. The research variable consists of year, age, sex, cause of death, manner of death, region of trauma, and location of crime. Results show that the year of most cases is 2017, with 26 cases. The respondents' sex was more male, with a ratio of 2.2: 1 male to female. The most common age gap was 26-35 and 26-45. The most common nutritional status was normal. The highest frequency of cause of death is a blunt-force injury (25.6%), followed by the second highest is an illness (19.51%), and sharp-force injury (18.29%). The highest frequency of manner of death is homicide (58.53%). Followed by accident (9.75%), then suicide (6.09%), and undetermined (6.09%). The most common region of trauma in autopsied unnatural deaths was the head region, presented in 57.32% of cases, followed by the upper extremity region (41.46%), thorax (35.37%), and lower extremity (35.37%). The most common location of the crime was East Surabaya, with 19 cases (23.17%). In conclusion, most results were linear with other studies, while others varied due to several aspects such as culture, crime trends, economic status, etc.
Keywords:
Unnatural Death; Autopsy; Forensics; Homicide; Suicide
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