Estimation of Stature based on Arm span, vertex of head to upper level of symphysis pubis distance and suprasternal notch to upper level of symphysis pubis distance in adult Bengali population-An autopsy based study.

Dr. Chandan Bandyopadhyay; Dr. Sanjib Kumar Dutta

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

Estimation of Stature based on Arm span, vertex of head to upper level of symphysis pubis distance and suprasternal notch to upper level of symphysis pubis distance in adult Bengali population-An autopsy based study.

Dr. Chandan Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Sanjib Kumar Dutta

Abstract :

Stature or Body length is one of the important data for forensic identification. Measuring the length of the dead body is a routine procedure in almost all autopsy centres and the procedure is very simple. But the problem arises with mutilated or segmented body parts. Estimation of stature from length of different body segments by multiplication of the same by a known factor has been advocated by almost all text books of forensic medicine but in practical situations these calculations are found to be inaccurate when applied to Bengali population. In the present autopsy based study on Bengali population (n=122, male=80, female=42), measurements are taken of arm span, suprasternal notch to symphysis pubis, and vertex to symphysis pubis distance and the accumulated data are statistically analysed to develop working formulae for calculation of stature from the said body segment measurements.