Analysis of Characteristics and Relevant Factors of 1 340 Cases of Intentional Injury Cases in Southwest China#br

• Published in: Fa yi xue za zhi Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 433 - 436
• Main Author: LONG Wu, HU Chun-mei, LI Si-si, et al
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Editorial Office of Journal of Forensic Medicine 01.08.2019
• Subjects: orensic medicine; wounds and injuries; retrospective studies; intentional injury; degree of injury; southwest china; cases analysis
• ISSN: 1004-5619
• DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.04.010

Objective To investigate the characteristics and patterns of factors such as victims’ information, injury tools and time of occurrence of intentional injury cases in southwest China. Methods One thousand three hundred and forty intentional injury cases from several places in southwest China from 2014 to 2016 assessed as minor injury level Ⅱ and above had been randomly selected. Data on victims’ information, motives, injury tools, sites of occurrence, time of occurrence, injured parts and degrees of injury were classified and gathered, and then association analyses of motives and types of injury tools as well as degrees of injury and injury tools were made. Results Most of the victims were young adults between 20-50 years （65.2%）, male （82.3%）, rural household registration （62.8%）; the motives were mainly dispute （45.8%）. Injury tools were mostly blunt （54.6%） or sharp （36.0%）. Specifically, injuries were mostly made bare-handed （36.9%） and by cutting tools （33.2%）; the cases mainly occurred in public areas （5