Open AccessEpidemiology of femicide: An autopsy based study at DHQ Teaching Hospital Sahiwal.
Author(s) -
Shahid Nadeem,
Syed Mansoor Sarwar,
Khalid Mukhtar,
Waqar Aziz Rehman,
Khalil Ur Rehman,
Noman Saleem
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2021.28.09.6202
Subject(s) - medicine , homicide , marital status , epidemiology , femicide , forensic science , demography , teaching hospital , family medicine , domestic violence , pediatrics , veterinary medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , environmental health , population , sociology
Objective: To know the epidemiology of female homicidal deaths in Sahiwal. Study Design: Descriptive Retrospective study. Setting: Department of Forensic Medicine, Sahiwal Medical College and DHQ Teaching Hospital Sahiwal. Period: 1stJanuary 2016 to 31st December 2018. Material & Methods: This study includes 73 cases of female homicide from a total of 314 autopsies conducted at DHQ Teaching Hospital,Sahiwal. These cases were examined regarding their age, marital status, residential background, cause of death, alleged offender and apparent motive of Killing. Result: The study revealed that commonly involved age group was 20-29 years (45.2%), 45 (61.6%) females were married and 64 (87.7%) female victims belonged to rural area. Firearms were the causative agent in 31 (42. 5%) cases. In 19 (59.5%) cases the alleged offender was husband. Honor killing, financial/property disputes were the main reason for homicides. Conclusion: The violence against women in Sahiwal is higher in rural areas and more commonly affecting the married women of child bearing age.