Title

Socio-Demographics at no par in Culling Out Hanging as the Mode for Self-Killing.

Authors

AlokKumar Arya, Anurima Singh, Anju Singh, Mukesh Kumar Bansal

Abstract

Introduction: The quantitative study focused on the meta-analysis performed in order to examine the relation of socio-demographic variables to understand the difference for choosing different suicidal methods. Materials & methods: The data of 441 cases of Asphyxial deaths were taken into consideration which were then compiled and analyzed for the present treatise. The variables taken into consideration for said socio-demographics were age, sex, socioeconomic status, marital status, and literacy. Discussion & conclusion: Marginal insignificant differences were found between the 441 autopsies resulting into asphyxia death, studied, of which 342 deceased chosen hanging for self-killing. For all sociodemographic characteristics, the distribution of correlations was insignificantly homogeneous, and statistical contrasts revealed the operation of several moderating variables. The pattern of overall variables studied rendering homogeneity in results and their relation to earlier reviews is thereby discussed.

Keywords

Self-Killing, Asphyxia, Asphyxial Death, Socio-Demographic Variables.