Volume :

2

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Burns recorded in vital statistics represents a catastrophic injury: catastrophic in the overwhelming insult to the patients, catastrophic in its psychological aspects and catastrophic in cost and suffering to the family involved. A severe burn is the most devastating injury a person can sustain and yet hope to survive. It is a common catastrophe today as burn injury cases are one of the common emergencies admitted to any hospital. As the etiological factors of the burn injuries vary considerably in different communities, careful analysis of the epidemiological features in every community is needed before a sound prevention programme can be planned and implemented. The present study was carried out in the department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of PGIMS and GH (General Hospital) Rohtak, Haryana and total 448 cases were collected for this study purpose. Female victims were most commonly affected as compared to male victims. The majority of deaths 182 (40.62%) occured between 20-40 years of age group followed by 84(18.75%) between age group of 40-60 years. Married females were most common victim compare to unmarried one. The majority of burn deaths were accidental (85.26%) in nature followed by suicidal (8.03%) and homicidal deaths (6.69%).