Profile of Suicidal Deaths In Females: A Two Years’ Experience At A Tertiary Care Institute (An Observational Study)

Abstract

Suicidal female deaths are always a cause of concern for any civilized society. The present study was conducted in a leading tertiary care institute of North India to study the suicidal deaths among female population as only limited studies have been conducted in this region. This study found that most of the victims were in the third decade of life (44.5%) and married (64.2%). Most of the victims were housewives (56.8%) with rural preponderance (60.5%). Most of victims committed suicide by poisoning (56.8%) followed by hanging (23.5%) and drowning (16%). The study concluded that remedial measures including counselling facilities and counselling from the early young life should be the strategy to prevent and minimize unnatural female deaths.