Asphyxial Death of Hanging.

This paper only for the intention of achieving the freight and measure the real story of suicidal behavior in rural area of Banglidsh. Hanging or self suspension is a form of ligature strangulation where the pressure is produced by the weight of the body. This study driven in the rural area but the risk factors might be very different in urban Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to find out socio-demographic characteristics of victim common age, sex, ligature materials used by victim and post mortem findings. This retrospective cross sectional study was done in Rajshahi Medical College mortuary during the period of January 2017 to January 2018. During this period data was collected from 2776 cases of medico-legal autopsies by purposive sampling. A total of 2776 medico-legal autopsies were analyzed of which 110(3.96%) were death due to hanging. Out of this cases maximum 43(39.09%) death due to hanging where the age group of was between 21-30 years. Majority of this cases 57(51.81%) were observed in females. Majority 38(34.54%) of victims had used Dopatta(orna) as a ligature material. Cyanosis in the fingertips of nail beds was the common 42(38.18%) findings in most cases of asphyxial death of hanging. Here typical hanging found more in 62(56.36%) cases, complete hanging in 71(64.54%) cases, death more in rural area 70(63.63%), death in SSC level 38(34.54%), 43(39.09%) death more in lower economic people and suicide more in the marital discord is 32(29.09%). Self suspension or suicidal hanging occurred in most cases within the young age group ranging from 21-30 years which was executed in this study. So awareness at the level of all family and community should be increased to cide should also be investigated for this stoppage.