Forensic geriatric deaths in Adana, Turkey

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dc.authoridAkcan, Ramazan/0000-0002-4100-9488
dc.contributor.authorHilal, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorAkcan, Ramazan
dc.contributor.authorEren, Ali
dc.contributor.authorTurhan, Ali
dc.contributor.authorArslan, Mustafa
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:25:21Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:25:21Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe World Health Organization describes geriatric age group as the population aged 65 years or older. Parallel with the development of medical and technological areas, the life expectancy gets longer and geriatric population has been dramatically increasing. In this respect, geriatric deaths are frequently encountered due to increasing risk factors and pathophysiological changes in aging process. The records of the Forensic Medicine Institution Adana Group Authority Morgue Specialty Office were used. Death certificates and autopsy records of 9007 cases autopsied between the years of 1998 and 2007 were examined retrospectively. Seven hundred and twenty-six geriatric age (>65 years) deaths were taken in the scope of the study. All of the cases were analyzed with regard to age, sex, cause of death, incident place, and the place and origin of death. Geriatric deaths comprised 8.1% (726 cases) of all the medicolegal autopsy cases (9007) during these ten years. Of all geriatric deaths, 73.8% (536) were male while 26.2% (190) were female. Ages of cases were between 65 and 96 years, and the mean age was 72.3. Majority (310 cases, 42.7%) of deaths were by natural causes, while this was followed by accidental deaths with 227 cases (31.4%). This study was aimed to discuss the general features of geriatric deaths accepted as forensic cases, in the light of the literature. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.009
dc.identifier.endpageE12en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-4943
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid19481273en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77649191275en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpageE9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10256
dc.identifier.volume50en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000290714700003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ireland Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Gerontology and Geriatricsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGeriatric populationen_US
dc.subjectForensic geriatric deathen_US
dc.subjectForensic autopsyen_US
dc.titleForensic geriatric deaths in Adana, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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