Lalwani Sanjeev, Sharma G A S K, Kabra S K, Girdhar Shalini, Dogra T D
Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2004 Aug;71(8):701-3. doi: 10.1007/BF02730657.
Suicide among youth is of great concern and a subject requires thorough study to formulate prevention strategy. In this paper the incidence and trends of suicide among children and adolescent of South Delhi have been reported.
A retrospective analysis was carried out on 222 cases of suicidal deaths pertaining to age group of 10-18 years, the postmortem examination on the body of which were conducted in Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi during the period from 1st January 1991 to 31st December 2000. The particular of cases were analyzed according to age group, sex, method used and causes of committing suicide.
Out of 222 cases 123(55.4%) were of girls (Female: Male 1.24:1). Commonest age group involved was 15-18 years in both the sexes. Commonest method used for committing suicide was hanging (57% in girls, 49.5% in boys) followed by poisoning (37.4% in girls, 49.5% in boys).
Methods used to commit suicide are widely available and are difficult to restrict. Therefore, suicide prevention strategy based on risk factors could be more effective rather than limiting the access to methods.
青少年自杀是一个备受关注的问题，需要深入研究以制定预防策略。本文报告了南德里儿童和青少年自杀的发生率及趋势。
对222例10至18岁自杀死亡病例进行回顾性分析，这些尸体的尸检于1991年1月1日至2000年12月31日期间在新德里全印度医学科学研究所法医学与毒理学系进行。根据年龄组、性别、自杀方式和自杀原因对病例详情进行分析。
222例中，123例（55.4%）为女孩（女性：男性为1.24:1）。两个性别的最常见年龄组均为15至18岁。最常用的自杀方式是上吊（女孩中占57%，男孩中占49.5%），其次是中毒（女孩中占37.4%，男孩中占49.5%）。
用于自杀的方式广泛可得且难以限制。因此，基于风险因素的自杀预防策略可能比限制获取自杀方式更有效。
