DID you know one person takes his own life in India every four minutes? Did you know one in every five suicides is the country is committed by a housewife?
According to the report, ‘Accidental Deaths and Sucides in India 2011’, there is a 0.7% increase in suicides as compared to last year’s figure of 134,599.
West Bengal has reported the highest number of suicides (16,492) accounting for 12.2 per cent followed by Tamil Nadu (15,963), Maharashtra (15,947), Andhra Pradesh (15,077) and Karnataka (12,622).
These 5 States together accounted for 56.2 per cent of the total suicides reported in the country.
Some of the most common reasons for suicides, the report said, were family problems and illness, accounting for 24.3 per cent and 19.6 per cent respectively. Love affairs, drug abuse, dowry dispute, bankruptcy and poverty followed behind.
The report, released by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), points that suicides due to divorce and “illegitimate pregnancy” saw a rise of 54% and 20% respectively in 2011.
“West Bengal has reported the highest number of suicide victims in 2009, second highest in 2010 and highest in 2011.
Southern States Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu including Maharashtra have together accounted for 50.2 per cent of total suicides reported in the country,” the report said.
Bengaluru (1,717), Chennai (2,438), Delhi (1,385) and Mumbai (1,162) together have reported almost 36.7% of the total suicides reported from 53 mega cities.
