Riaz Qadeer, Rubina Salma Yasmin, Rizwan-ul Haq.
Asphyxial Deaths in Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;13(4):322-4.

Background: Medico-legal autopsy is a valuable source of informations about death whether death is natural or unnatural. Study design: This descriptive study is based on autopsy record and provides informations regarding asphyxial deaths occurring in Peshawar, KPK. Duration of study: From 1st January 2013 to 23rd May 2013. Methodology: This study was conducted in the department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology of Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. Data was collected from the record of autopsies performed from January 2013 to May 2013. It include all cases referred from urban as well as from rural area police stations of Peshawar District. Results: Out of total 400 autopsies 15 deaths were due to asphyxia (4% of autopsies). More in males (9) than in females (6) and more in rural areas (10) than in urban areas (5). Conclusion: Situation of unnatural deaths due to asphyxia in Peshawar is alarming and should be seriously looked at by the state. This preventable cause of death can be controlled by providing better education including religious education, by improving social justice and socioeconomic conditions of people and by increasing psychiatric treatment facilities.

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