Forensic and epidemiological research of lethal traumatism caused by atmospheric electricity in the district of Varna
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2008-12
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Dokov, W.
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Централна медицинска библиотека, МУ София / Central Medical Library - MU Sofia
Резюме
World literature describes single cases or small series of cases on this topic. In spite of our meticulous search through literature, we did not find references to such cases in Bulgaria, including the district of Varna. These circumstances initiated our research. Our purpose was to present the forensic and epidemiological characteristics of the victims of atmospheric electricity (VAE) in the district of Varna. Subject of this study were 27 death cases caused by atmospheric electricity. The data had been put to alternative- (mean ± SEM), variation- (Student t test) and graphical analysis. The calculations had been made by statistical soft-ware (SPSS 11.0). The building of a linear trend had been accomplished by the method of the least squares. Values of P<0.05 had been accepted as significant. VАЕ account for 9.71% of all death cases resulting from atmospheric electricity and represent 0,16% of all forensic medical autopsies, or 0.13 per average 100 000 residents of the district of Varna of average age 42.22 years. Out of these males account for 92.59% or 0,126 per 100 000. Their average age was 39.44 years. Females account for 7.41% or 0.01 per 100 000. Their average age was 50 years. Children and adolescents aged between 0 and 17 account for a total of 22.22% out of which 100% were boys of average age 13.83 years. The research of circumstances at which the lethal end appeared revealed that in 92.59 % of the cases the death was not connected with the exercising of occupational activities; in 7.41% of the cases, the death resulted from accidents at work.
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Adress for correspondence:
William Dokov, MD
Department of General and Clinical Pathology,
Forensic Medicine and Deontology
Medical University
55 Marin Drinov str.
9002 Varna
Bulgaria
e-mail: Dokov@seznam.cz
Ключови думи
lightning, death-rate, epidemiology, district of Varna
Цитирания
Dokov, W. Forensic and epidemiological research of lethal traumatism caused by atmospheric electricity in the district of Varna - Acta Medica Bulgarica, 35, 2008, № 2, 47-51.