Deaths among homeless people in Istanbul

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dc.authoridAltun, Gurcan/0000-0002-5505-831X
dc.authoridAzmak, Ali Derya/0000-0002-8510-5148
dc.authorwosidAltun, Gurcan/S-6211-2016
dc.contributor.authorAltun, G
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, A
dc.contributor.authorAzmak, D
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:03:21Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:03:21Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe number of the homeless people in Istanbul, one of the largest cities in the world, is at present unknown. There has been no previous study in Turkey on cases and causes of death occurring among these individuals. In this paper, documents and autopsy reports of the Mortuary Section of the Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, covering the period January 1st, 1991-December 31st, 1995, were reviewed. We established that there were 126 cases of death among homeless individuals in Istanbul during this period, 120 of them being males (95%), four (3%) females, and two (2%) transsexuals. Ninety-four corpses were found outdoors, 32 indoors. No personal documents, such as identity cards, were found in 110 individuals (87%), whereas only 16 individuals could be identified. Most deaths occurred in the age group of 41-50 years. One hundred and three of the cases (82%) died in the cold season between October and April. The deaths of 98 cases were attributable to natural causes, whereas the remaining 28 cases died from unnatural causes. Respiratory tract diseases occupied the first rank among cases of death from natural causes (44%). Alcohol abuse and other infections were further striking factors contributing to the fatal outcome. This is the first retrospective study on this topic in Turkey. However, more detailed and anterospectively programmed studies on this subject, a growing social problem, should be carried out. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00178-9
dc.identifier.endpage147en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-0738
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid10077858en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0032906617en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage143en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00178-9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21620
dc.identifier.volume99en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000078635300005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Sci Ireland Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofForensic Science Internationalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectHomelessen_US
dc.subjectDeathen_US
dc.subjectAutopsyen_US
dc.subjectMortalityen_US
dc.titleDeaths among homeless people in Istanbulen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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