Prevalence of suicide in India. This ppt slide discusses the causes and incidence of suicide in India.

1. Suicide in India
Presenter: Muthuvenkatachalam S.

2. Introduction
• Suicide is defined as the intentional taking of one's
own life.
• Prior to the late nineteenth century, suicide was legally
defined as a criminal act in most Western countries.
• In the social climate of the early 2000s, however,
suicidal behavior is most commonly regarded and
responded to as a psychiatric emergency.
• Mental disorders are a major risk factor for suicide in
Europe and North America; however, in Asian
countries impulsiveness plays an important role.

3. Suicidal Death: Global Trend

4. Suicidal Deaths: global Trend
• Suicide is considered a major public health
problem around the world as well as a personal
tragedy.
• Every year, almost one million people die from
suicide; a "global" mortality rate of 16 per
100,000, or one death every 40 seconds

5. Global trends (contd…)
• The WHO estimates
– 13th leading cause of death worldwide
– But its among the three leading causes of death
among those aged 15-44 years
– second leading cause of death in the 10-24 years
age group in some countries.
– In the last 45 years, suicide rates have increased
by 60% worldwide.
– Current Average World Suicide Rate is 10.07 per
100,000 people

6. Incidence and Rate of Suicides in India
during the Decade (2000-2010)
• 1,34,599 persons lost their lives in 2010.
• This indicates an increase of 5.9% over the
previous year's figure (1,27,151).
• The rate of suicides has shown a declining
trend since 2000 to 2003. An increasing trend
is observed during 2006 to 2010

7. Suicdal deaths in the last decade

9. Suicidal Deaths rates in States: Top 10

10. Suicidal Death rates in India: Least 5

12. Suicidal Deaths in Cities

13. Mass/Family Suicides
• There were 290 deaths consisting of 90 males,
103 females and 97 minors were reported as
per the information available.
• The highest number of cases were reported
from Bihar (23) followed by Kerala (22),
Madhya Pradesh (21) and Andhra Pradesh(20)
out of 109 cases.

15. Causes of Suicide male % Over all %
Family Problems 62.2 23.7
Illness 65.1 21.1
Causes Not Known 68 16.9
Other Causes 67.9 15.9
Love Affairs 53.2 3.1
Drug Abuse/Addiction 96.9 2.5
Dowry Dispute 2.6 2.3
Poverty 78.4 2.3
Bankruptcy or Sudden change in Economic Status 88.4 2
Failure in Examination 54.5 1.8
Unemployment 87.6 1.7
Property Dispute 74.1 1.4
Suspected/Illicit Relation 42.8 1
Fall in Social Reputation 63.8 1
Cancellation/Non–Settlement of Marriage 49.7 0.8

16. Distribution According to profession

17. Farmers
Suicide
(2010)

18. Suicide victims by Sex and age group
(2010)

19. Conclusion
• The rate of suicide has seen the increasing
trend over last five years.
• For each successful suicide there are
approximately twenty numbers of failed
suicide attempts, this in turn imposes huge
social, emotional and economic burden in the
country.

20. References
• SuicidePrevention(SUPRE).WorldHealthOrganization.(internetDocument).CitedonFeb2012.Available
from:URL:http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/index.html
• Accidental deaths and suicides in India 2010.
National crime records Bureau; Ministry of Home
Affairs. Cited on Feb 2012. Available from URL:
http://ncrb.nic.in/ADSI2010/ADSI2010-full-
report.pdf