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94% of cases of suicidal hangings do NOT break the hyoid. Must look at proximate causes, including foul play.
by feelthepress 7y ago
94% of cases of suicidal hangings do NOT break the hyoid. Must look at proximate causes, including foul play.
- mcguire 7y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20973326 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20973326: "Fractures of the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage in 25% of Thais who died of suicidal hanging were related with older ages and incomplete hanging but not related with location of the knot." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30015282 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30015282: "Altogether, we identified the following types of laryngohyoid fractures in 129 of 178 cases (72.5%): isolated fracture(s) to the thyroid cartilage in 60 cases (33.7%), combined thyrohyoid fractures in 41 cases (23.0%), isolated fracture(s) to the hyoid bone in 28 cases (15.7%), and no fractures to the cricoid cartilage or the cervical vertebrae." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S135311310090419X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13531...: "There were a total of 40 cases of suicidal hanging with an age range of 17–74 years (average = 35 years; M:F = 33:7). Fractures of neck structures were identified in 19 cases (47.5%) and were more common in older victims and males. Nine victims had only thyroid cartilage fractures (22.5%), four victims had only fractures of the hyoid bone (10%), and six victims had fractures of both the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage (15%)."