Medicolegal aspect of burn victims

Aim: to determine the prevalence of age and sex variation,manner of injuries among the burned patients. design: observational descriptive study duration of study: one year methods: the study was conducted in mohtarma benazir bhutto shaheed medical college,mirpur,aj&k and data of all burn victims,were collected from the sandeman provincial hospital quetta and data collected during the period from january 2000 to december 2000. results: out of the 114 burnt patients majority of the patients were female 70(61.4%) and males 44(38.6%). in females the most common manner in burned patients was accidental 50(43.9%) and the second commonest manner were homicidal and suicidal 10(8.8%) each. in males the commonest manner was accidental 40(35.1%),and the 2nd commonest was homicidal 4(3.5%) and no any suicidal burn was reported among males in the age of 21-30 years are more susceptible to burns and the liquid burns are most common cause of burns. in males and females the most common manner is accidental.