title: Intentional and non-intentional burn related deaths: a comparative study of socio-demographic profile.
abstract: This is a retrospective study of 1689 consecutive admissions of burn deaths to the mortuary over a period of 5 years. The socio-demographic data was collected using special Performa and interviewing the family members, relatives, neighbours and from police reports. Depending on the presence or absence of intentional intent, cases were divided into two groups and compared with regard to their socio-demographic profile. Both groups did not differ significantly with regard to age, sex and educational status. The cases with intentional deaths came from nuclear family, unmarried, student, low socio-economic status, had more stressful life events and suffered larger burns injuries compared with those who experienced non-intentional deaths. The majority of the cases were below the age of 35, unemployed and females outnumbered males in both the groups.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP 202002, India. Electronic address: sachilvohra@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sachil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP 202002, India. Electronic address: ussinghjyotsna@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Uma Shankar
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India. Electronic address: vermakgmc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anoop K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP 202002, India. Electronic address: aliwahid78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wahid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India. Electronic address: akhil.kgmc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Akhilesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krishna
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Burns; India; Intentional; Non-intentional; Stressful life