| Age (yrs) |
Present |
Absent |
Total |
| 10-19 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
| 20-29 |
41 |
22 |
63 |
| 30-39 |
24 |
34 |
58 |
| 40-49 |
12 |
27 |
39 |
| 50-59 |
10 |
09 |
19 |
| ≥60 |
02 |
10 |
12 |
| Total |
91 |
114 |
205 |
Of all the studied cases none was below 10 years of age. Incidence of homicidal
deaths were most in the age group of 20-29 years, i.e., 63/205(30.7%) while less
incidence was seen in cases above 60 years of age 12/205 (5.9%). Defence
wounds were present in large number in 41/63(45.1%) cases in the age group
20-29 years followed by age group 30-39 years with 24/58 (41.4%) cases showing
defence wounds. Thus higher incidence of defence wounds occurred in 53.7%
cases in the age group 20-39 years (65/121) than at the extremes of the ages. |
