Gioia Sara, Mirtella Dora, Franceschetto Lisa, Lancia Massimo, Suadoni Fabio, Cingolani Mariano
Section of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata.
School of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2020 Mar;41(1):27-31. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000526.
The incidence of taking selfies and sharing them on social media as well as selfie-related dangerous behaviors is increasing, particularly among young people, also leading to selfie-related trauma and death. This study was performed to obtain epidemiological characteristics of selfie-related mortality in Italy.
Scientific literature and Italian media were reviewed.
Twelve victims from 11 events, from 2014 to 2018, were analyzed (sex, age, accident types, the nationality, the Italian region where the incident took place, if the person involved was indigenous or a tourist, the dynamics and the causa mortis, if other people have been involved in the selfie, and if other people were deceased). The majority of selfie victims were male teenagers, the average age was 23.6 years, the most preferred site of taking selfies was the natural environment followed by the railway one, the most frequently reported event or accident type was falling from a height, and the most frequent causes of selfie-related deaths were multitrauma and drowning.
Selfie-related deaths in Italy appear to be an issue and appear to be increasing. Particularly, male teenagers and young adults are at high risk for selfie-related deaths. Measures should be taken to reduce their incidence.
自拍并在社交媒体上分享自拍以及与自拍相关的危险行为的发生率正在上升，尤其是在年轻人中，这也导致了与自拍相关的创伤和死亡。本研究旨在获取意大利与自拍相关的死亡率的流行病学特征。
对科学文献和意大利媒体进行了回顾。
分析了2014年至2018年期间11起事件中的12名受害者（性别、年龄、事故类型、国籍、事件发生的意大利地区、涉案人员是本地人还是游客、事件经过和死因、是否有其他人参与自拍以及是否有其他人死亡）。大多数自拍受害者是青少年男性，平均年龄为23.6岁，最喜欢的自拍地点是自然环境，其次是铁路区域，最常报告的事件或事故类型是高处坠落，与自拍相关的死亡最常见的原因是多发伤和溺水。
在意大利，与自拍相关的死亡似乎是一个问题，而且有增加的趋势。特别是，青少年男性和年轻人面临与自拍相关死亡的高风险。应采取措施降低其发生率。
