Magister Psychologiae - MPsychData from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS) show that homicide is the major cause of death with firearms and sharp objects as the main external causes of death in South Africa. The current study is a descriptive study, describing the epidemiology of sharp object fatalities in the city of East London (also known as Buffalo City) in South Africa. It is a secondary data analysis of mortuary data collected by morticians trained in data collection methods according to World Health Organisation standards. This descriptive study aimed to develop the profile of sharp object fatalities in East London. Most of the findings were consistent with other literature on sharp object violence/homicide and...
Background. The Western Cape Province had the highest homicide rates in South Africa during the earl...
Background South Africa has continued to receive increasing attention due to unprecedented high lev...
South Africa has one of the highest murder rates of all the countries that record crime statistics. ...
The latest data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System – the most detailed source on...
The latest data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System – the most detailed source on...
There is currently a lack of information regarding the prevalence of and characteristics associated ...
There is currently a lack of information regarding the prevalence of and characteristics associated ...
Text in EnglishAs an external cause of death, strangulation represents an extreme and particularly p...
Includes bibliographical references.This thesis describes the conceptualisation, development and imp...
In Durban, province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa studies pertaining to the incidence and nature of...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.This work provides a statistical ...
© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Sharp force fatalities may have a homicidal, suicidal or ac...
Based on data from the South African National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS), an epide...
Firearm-related fatalities accounted for nearly half (46.1%) of all homicides in Cape Town in 2001. ...
In recent years, injuries have been recognised as a pervasive feature of South African life and a pr...
Background. The Western Cape Province had the highest homicide rates in South Africa during the earl...
Background South Africa has continued to receive increasing attention due to unprecedented high lev...
South Africa has one of the highest murder rates of all the countries that record crime statistics. ...
The latest data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System – the most detailed source on...
The latest data from the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System – the most detailed source on...
There is currently a lack of information regarding the prevalence of and characteristics associated ...
There is currently a lack of information regarding the prevalence of and characteristics associated ...
Text in EnglishAs an external cause of death, strangulation represents an extreme and particularly p...
Includes bibliographical references.This thesis describes the conceptualisation, development and imp...
In Durban, province of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa studies pertaining to the incidence and nature of...
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.This work provides a statistical ...
© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Sharp force fatalities may have a homicidal, suicidal or ac...
Based on data from the South African National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS), an epide...
Firearm-related fatalities accounted for nearly half (46.1%) of all homicides in Cape Town in 2001. ...
In recent years, injuries have been recognised as a pervasive feature of South African life and a pr...
Background. The Western Cape Province had the highest homicide rates in South Africa during the earl...
Background South Africa has continued to receive increasing attention due to unprecedented high lev...
South Africa has one of the highest murder rates of all the countries that record crime statistics. ...