Rifle wounds: a review of range and location as pertaining to manner of death.

摘要: Citizens of the United States own more firearms than those in any other country, and majority owned are handguns. Given such prevalence, surprisingly few studies have been published describing characteristics deaths due to To address this gap, nonaccidental handgun examined at Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office between 2000 2010 were reviewed. A total 1450 cases identified, including 797 suicides 653 homicides. Age, range fire, location wound, manner death analyzed. The average age suicide victims (46.7 years) was found be greater that homicides (34.3 years). Suicidal wounds tended contact head; abdominal, extremity, back, multiple wound locations common as distant intermediate wounds. Handgun forehead, side head, submental, intraoral significantly suicide, whereas face, apex back head Where possible, likelihood ratios calculated determine relative or homicide for specific ranges. While each should analyzed based on its unique circumstances not solely statistical probability, these data may help inform pathologist's conclusions.