Suicide
Research conducted at Kasturba Medical College, Department of Forensic Medicine has updated our knowledge about suicide
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 31st, 2008
Current study results from the report, 'A comparative analysis of suicide and parasuicide,' have been published. "A prospective study was conducted to analyse the spectrum of suicide attempters and completers at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, India, over a period of three years (January 2001 to December 2004). The present study comprised a total sample population of 246 cases, of whom 90 died and 156 survived the attempt (1:1.73)," scientists writing in the journal Medicine, Science, and the Law report.
"Men outnumbered women in the deceased group and women surpassed men in the survivor group. The mean age for the deceased group was 42 years compared with 30 years...
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