Firearm-related mortality: A review of four hundred-forty four deaths in Diyarbakir, Turkey between 1996 and 2001

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dc.contributor.authorGoren, S
dc.contributor.authorSubasi, M
dc.contributor.authorTirasci, Y
dc.contributor.authorKemaloglu, S
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:18:12Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe current study is based on a retrospective investigation of firearm deaths in Diyarbakir, which were autopsied by the Diyarbakir Branch of the Council of Forensic Medicine during the 6- year period. Four hundred-forty four deaths were investigated from January 1996 through December 2001, including homicide (296 cases, 66.7%), suicide (120 cases, 27%) and accidental shootings (28 cases, 6.3%). The age range of all firearm deaths in the study period was 5 to 75 years with a median age of 29.8 years. The majority were in the groups aged 16-25 years (38.7%). In the homicide group, 248 subjects (83.8%) were male, and 48 (16.2%) were female. The 31.1% of the homicide victims were in the group aged at 20-30 years. Of the 120 suicide victims, 56 (46.7%) were in the group aged 1620 years. The head was by far the favoured site, accounting for 82 (68.3%) deaths: entry wounds in the right temple accounted for 72 of these. Twenty-eight cases were accidental shootings and 18 of them were male (64.3%). Twelve of the 28 accidental victims (42.9%) were in the group aged 0-10 years. The eight cases were due to their own accidental shootings, and the remaining 20 cases were shot by others. Our findings show that the contributing factors for increasing death by firearm are terrorists' activities, traditional habits of obtaining and using guns and blood feuds.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1620/tjem.201.139
dc.identifier.endpage145en_US
dc.identifier.issn0040-8727
dc.identifier.issn1349-3329
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid14649735
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0344237223
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage139en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.201.139
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/18665
dc.identifier.volume201en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000186693700002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTohoku Univ Medical Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject[No Keyword]en_US
dc.titleFirearm-related mortality: A review of four hundred-forty four deaths in Diyarbakir, Turkey between 1996 and 2001en_US
dc.titleFirearm-related mortality: A review of four hundred-forty four deaths in Diyarbakir, Turkey between 1996 and 2001
dc.typeReview Articleen_US

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