Keywords
deaths
firearms
explosives
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Abstract
Violent deaths in Ecuador represent an important social problem, in this work we have applied an observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, non-experimental study methodology, the population was made up of the total number of deceased persons who were registered by the Institute of Forensic and Criminal Science, and the sample considered deaths from injuries caused by firearms and explosives from January 2017 to December 2019, obtaining as a result that 100% of deaths in this modality were classified as violent deaths all of them underwent an autopsy, more than 80% of the victims were male, the age range with the highest number of victims ranged from 36 to 64 years of age, fatal injuries from firearms were mostly directed at cranial and thoraco-abdominal cavities, while explosives injuries were widespread causing instant death.
Keywords: injuries, deaths, firearms, explosives.
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