Sorokin Victoria, Persechino Floriana, DeRoux Stephen J, Greenberg Michael J
Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2012 Mar;8(1):52-5. doi: 10.1007/s12024-011-9277-y. Epub 2011 Sep 8.
In 2006 the US National Vital Statistics Report recorded 33,300 suicides in the United States, of which hanging, strangulation and suffocation combined to account for 7,491 (22.5%) of the cases. Self strangulation by ligature is uncommon and in the majority of cases, scarves, belts, neckties and rope are used. We report three instances where cable ties were secured around the neck in order to commit suicide. All had a history of depression. One was a 37-year-old man who used a belt to complete the act after an unsuccessful attempt to use cable ties. The second was a 63-year old woman who used multiple cable ties to accomplish her goal. In the third case a tensioning tool was used by a 54-year old man to tighten a cable tie around his neck during self strangulation. Utilization of a tool to tighten the cable ties has not previously been reported.
2006年，美国国家生命统计报告记录了美国33300起自杀事件，其中绞杀、勒颈和窒息加起来占这些案例的7491起（22.5%）。用绳索自我勒颈并不常见，在大多数案例中，人们使用围巾、腰带、领带和绳索。我们报告了三起用束线带勒颈自杀的案例。所有案例都有抑郁症病史。第一起案例中，一名37岁男子在用束线带自杀未遂后，用腰带完成了自杀行为。第二起案例中，一名63岁女子使用多条束线带达到了自杀目的。在第三起案例中，一名54岁男子在自我勒颈时使用了一个张紧工具来收紧束线带。此前尚未有使用工具收紧束线带的报道。
