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Autoerotic Death: Incidence and Age of Victims—A Population‐based Study
Author(s) -
Byard Roger W.,
Winskog Calle
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01898.x
Subject(s) - asphyxia , demography , medicine , incidence (geometry) , injury prevention , population , poison control , cause of death , suicide prevention , mortality rate , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , medical emergency , environmental health , surgery , pathology , physics , disease , sociology , optics
Review of the Australian National Coronial Information System and the Swedish National Forensic Database was undertaken over a 7‐year period from 2001 to 2007 for all cases where death had been attributed to autoerotic death or sexual asphyxia. In Australia, there were 44 cases (M:F = 42:2) with the majority of victims aged >30 years (77%)—a yearly national rate of approximately 0.3/million. In Sweden, there were nine cases (M:F = 9:0) with the majority of cases aged <30 years (55%)—a yearly national rate of approximately 0.14/million. The usual male predominance was present in both populations, although the Australian victims were older than is usually reported. Lethal sexual asphyxia is uncommon in both the Australian and Swedish populations, with a lower rate than has been cited for North America. Whether this is because of different kinds of paraphilic activities in different populations or of differences in methods of central data collection is uncertain.