Opinion | Suicides of married women: A problem long-ignored
6 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | Suicides of married women: A problem long-ignored

Live Mint  

When anyone speaks about suicides in India, we immediately think of farmers. The sheer extent of the problem was described in the recent Lancet article titled Gender differentials and state variations in suicide deaths in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016. India’s contribution to global suicide deaths increased from 25.3% in 1990 to 36.6% in 2016 among women, and from 18.7% to 24.3% among men. Suicide was the leading cause of death in India in 2016 for those aged 15–39 years; 71.2% of the suicide deaths among women and 57.7% among men were in this age group. A highly disturbing trend is that married women account for the highest proportion of suicide deaths among women in India.

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Student suicides nearly doubled in 10 years: calls for urgent action
1 week, 2 days ago

Student suicides nearly doubled in 10 years: calls for urgent action

The Hindu  

The alarming trend of a surge in student suicides in the last ten years in India presents a pressing issue that calls for urgent action. Root causes While a detailed break-up of causes for student suicides is not available, a cursory analysis shows that major causes for student suicide are parental pressure for career choices, failure in examinations, ragging and …

Suicidal ideation, attempts, high among college students in India, finds study
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Suicidal ideation, attempts, high among college students in India, finds study

The Hindu  

A study by researchers from NIMHANS, Bengaluru, in collaboration with doctors from Australia, United Kingdom and some States in India, has found that suicidal ideation and suicide attempts are alarmingly high among college students across the country. Highlighting the need for suicide prevention programmes in Indian educational institutions, the study, titled ‘Correlates of suicidal ideation and attempts among colleges students …

Has India made progress in preventing suicides? 30 per cent fall in death rates from 1990 to 2021
1 month, 1 week ago

Has India made progress in preventing suicides? 30 per cent fall in death rates from 1990 to 2021

Firstpost  

India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021. Globally, the study showed one person dies on average every 43 seconds by suicide The suicide death rate in India has reduced by 30 per cent from 1990 to 2021, according to a new study. By 2021, the suicide …

Has India made progress in preventing suicides? 30 per cent fall in death rates from 1990 to 2021
1 month, 1 week ago

Has India made progress in preventing suicides? 30 per cent fall in death rates from 1990 to 2021

Firstpost  

India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021. Pixabay/Representational Image The suicide death rate in India has reduced by 30 per cent from 1990 to 2021, according to a new study. By 2021, the suicide death rate among females has decreased from 16.8 per lakh in 1990 …

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court
2 months ago

Disapproving marriage not abetment of suicide: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has said that disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, PTI reported. A top court bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma observed while rejecting a chargesheet against a woman who was accused of abetting the suicide of another woman who was allegedly in love …

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court
2 months, 1 week ago

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur on Wednesday held that just because a woman committed suicide after her 'long standing relationship' was broken up by the man, he cannot be booked for abetting her suicide. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged a man booked for abetting the suicide of a woman, with whom he was in a relationship for 9 years. …

'Our girls are being wooed...': Why mixed marriages are synonymous with suicides of tribal women in Kerala?
2 months, 4 weeks ago

'Our girls are being wooed...': Why mixed marriages are synonymous with suicides of tribal women in Kerala?

New Indian Express  

"I was treated literally like an unpaid domestic help," 29-year-old Rema finds it hard to hide a sob, as she narrates her painful ordeal. Going by families and tribal activists, tremendous stress due to extreme social scenarios, coupled with pressure and harassment due to marriages and relations outside the community, alongside burgeoning liquor rackets contribute to suicides. As per data …

National rights panel takes cognizance of tribal suicides
3 months ago

National rights panel takes cognizance of tribal suicides

New Indian Express  

TAKING note of The New Indian Express report that brought out alarming number of tribal suicides in Thiruvananthapuram, the National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of the issue. Observing that the incidents indicate a serious issue relating to the right to life as well as the social, economic and cultural rights of Scheduled Tribes, the NHRC served …

Andhra parents die by suicide after son decides to marry long-time transgender partner
3 months ago

Andhra parents die by suicide after son decides to marry long-time transgender partner

Hindustan Times  

Middle-aged parents in Andhra Pradesh's Nandyal district allegedly died by suicide after their 24-year-old son told them about his decision to marry his transgender person. The parents had also been quarrelling with their son over his association with the local transgender community, Nandyal sub-divisional officer P Srinivas Reddy said 45-year-old Subba Rayudu and his 38-year-old wife Saraswati took the extreme …

Bengaluru techie, cop suicide cases highlight men’s struggles in urban marriages
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3 months ago

Bengaluru techie, cop suicide cases highlight men’s struggles in urban marriages

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: While women have historically borne the brunt of patriarchy, two recent suicides in Bengaluru — that of a techie and a head police constable — have brought attention to the complexities faced by men in urban marriages. According to the National Crime Records Bureau 2022 data, men accounted for 1,22,724 suicides of a total of 1,70,896 — which is …

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that refusal to marry, even if preceded by a relationship or promises of marriage, cannot be construed as abetment to suicide under the penal law of the land. The Supreme Court verdict came on a case in which a 21-year-old woman consumed poison after her boyfriend refused to marry her in 200 Emphasising the …

Seeking justice in times of regression
4 months, 1 week ago

Seeking justice in times of regression

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: More than two decades ago, a Maharashtrian woman died by suicide a little over four months after she was married. Death by purported kitchen accident or death by suicide in the first few years after marriage is not particularly shocking in this context, although it should be, and if one does not linger on that sentence, it would simply …

Curbing the suicide contagion
6 months, 1 week ago

Curbing the suicide contagion

Hindustan Times  

In 1774, German polymath and writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe published his novel “ The Sorrows Of Young Werther ”, a book in which the protagonist takes his own life once he realises that he won’t be able to marry the woman he loves. A young life cut short abruptly is distressing anywhere in the world but an article that appeared …

India must focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide, says Lancet study
6 months, 2 weeks ago

India must focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide, says Lancet study

India TV News  

Every year on September 10, we commemorate World Suicide Prevention Day to increase awareness of the need to lessen stigma and promote candid discussions to prevent suicides. To reduce suicide cases in India, where over 170,000 lives are lost to suicide each year, it is crucial to focus on issues other than mental health, according to an expert in a …

Need to treat suicide as a public health problem
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Need to treat suicide as a public health problem

Hindustan Times  

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. However, it is now well-established that risk factors for suicide in developing countries, including India, encompass a range of social issues in addition to mental health disorders. Financial hardship, fractious family relationships, domestic violence, childhood trauma, bullying, negative peer pressure, substance abuse, and lack of access to health care are among the many challenges …

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

The Hindu  

Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Based on the National Crime Records Bureau data, the ‘Student suicides: An epidemic sweeping India’ report was released on Wednesday at the Annual IC3 Conference and Expo 2024. The report pointed out that …

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
7 months ago

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. The report pointed out that while the overall suicide numbers increased by 2 per cent annually, student suicides cases surged by 4 per cent, despite a likely "under reporting" of student …

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India

The Hindu  

Suicide is the tragic and untimely loss of human life, all the more devastating and perplexing because it is a conscious volitional act. Suicide in young people is best understood as multidetermined and the result of interaction between biological, psychological, familial, and social cultural factors. A current review of adolescent suicides in India shows that the most commonly reported risk …

Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP
1 year, 3 months ago

Poverty drove many to die by suicide in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Poverty drove many poor persons to die by suicide in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, as per the NCRB report released this week. Andhra Pradesh recorded a suicide rate of 16.8 per cent with 8,908 persons ending their lives in 2022, registering an increase of 10.4 per cent compared to 2021, a year that recorded 8,067 suicides, NCRB data has …

Delhi records 3,367 suicide cases in 2022: NCRB data
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi records 3,367 suicide cases in 2022: NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

Delhi recorded a 22 per cent on-year jump in suicide cases in 2022, the latest NCRB data showed. In 2022, of the 3,367 people who died by suicide, 842 were women and 2,525 men. According to an analysis of the National Crime Records Bureau's Accidental Deaths and Suicides Report, there were 3,367 suicide cases reported in Delhi in 2022. The …

One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report
1 year, 3 months ago

One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners, farmers: NCRB report

The Hindu  

India reported a total of over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022, nearly one-third of whom were daily wage earners, agricultural labourers, and farmers, according to the National Crime Record Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2022 report. The latest Crime in India report showed an overall increase in crimes and atrocities committed upon Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes persons, …

Suicide rates for women increased 4 percent in 2022: CDC data
1 year, 3 months ago

Suicide rates for women increased 4 percent in 2022: CDC data

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by The 19th. Even though the total number of men who committed suicide outpaced women 4 to 1 in 2022, the suicide rate for women increased twice as much as men from 2021 to 2022. In the 10 to 14 age group, the suicide rate for men declined 13 percent and declined 22 percent for …

Housewives make up over 50% of India’s female suicides | Data
1 year, 6 months ago

Housewives make up over 50% of India’s female suicides | Data

The Hindu  

September 10 marked the observance of World Suicide Prevention Day, an initiative which began in 2003 to shed light on the critical issue, diminish societal stigma, and heighten awareness. Table 2 | The table shows the year-wise share of suicides with family problems/ marriage as a reason In general, across years, economically better States in the south featured on top …

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors
1 year, 6 months ago

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The World Health Organisation has themed this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, like for the past two years, ‘Creating hope through action’. The latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau indicates a 7.2 per cent rise in suicide cases in India from 11.3in 2020 to 12 in 2021. As per the report, amongst various factors, family problems were …

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees
1 year, 8 months ago

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees

The Hindu  

While it is known that the State’s suicide rate is among the highest in the country, further analysis of NCRB data from 2017 to 2021 showed that Tamil Nadu witnessed a sharp increase in suicides of government employees in 2020 and 2021. This graph shows the number of suicides of “Professionals/Salaried Persons” in 2021 in the five States that recorded …

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases
1 year, 11 months ago

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases

The Hindu  

The spurt in the number of suicides witnessed in the immediate wake of the COVID pandemic due to job loss, poor health, and uncertainty about the future, has relented a little, declining by 14% from 889 in 2021 to 758 in 2022. As per the data procured from the police department, 709 persons died by suicide in 2019 with the …

Suicides jump 4% to become one of top 10 leading causes of death in US
1 year, 11 months ago

Suicides jump 4% to become one of top 10 leading causes of death in US

Daily Mail  

Rates of suicides in the US rose in 2021 after enjoying a dip for two years, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. After increasing between 2001 and 2018, the age-adjusted suicide rate declined for two years through 2020 and then increased to about 14/100k in 2021 While those rates were lowest for young females aged …

Suicide rates much higher among disabled people, new estimates show
2 years ago

Suicide rates much higher among disabled people, new estimates show

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Disability status itself is independently associated with the risk of dying by suicide Office …

Using a global lens to situate suicide prevention in India
2 years, 1 month ago

Using a global lens to situate suicide prevention in India

New Indian Express  

The magnitude of the suicide crisis in India is deeply distressing. To put it in perspective, the National Crime Records Bureau -- the only source of data on suicide mortality in the country-- reported 164,033 deaths by suicides in 2021 – a 7.2% increase from the previous year. Most recent reports from the World Health Organization estimate that in 2019, …

More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt
2 years, 1 month ago

More than 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in 2019-21: Govt

India TV News  

In a shocking revelation, Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said in Lok Sabha informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 1.12 lakh daily wage workers committed suicide in the past three years-- from 2019-21. Quoting the scary data of the National Crime Records Bureau, Yadav on Monday said that a total of 32,563 daily wage workers died in 2019, …

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance
2 years, 3 months ago

Suicide prevention needs care, nuance

Hindustan Times  

The shocking death of a 20-year-old actor by suicide has unleashed a wave of unverified propaganda and speculation, led to the arrest of the woman’s 28-year-old former partner on charges of abetment of suicide, and caused renewed conversation on mental health and suicide. But the blunt force of law enforcement is a poor deterrent for suicide, depression and mental health …

Strategy to save: The Hindu Editorial on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy
2 years, 4 months ago

Strategy to save: The Hindu Editorial on the National Suicide Prevention Strategy

The Hindu  

The best first step towards addressing a malaise is to recognise that it exists. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s recently published National Suicide Prevention Strategy fits right there. Globally, suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-29-year-olds and also the second leading cause of death for females aged 15-19 years, as per WHO estimates. As per …

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India
2 years, 6 months ago

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest economy in the world according to the IMF and is poised to be the fastest growing Asian economy next year according to Morgan Stanley. A total of 1,64,033 cases of suicide were reported to the police during 2021, up 7.2 per cent …

Andhra Pradesh: Illness major reason for suicides in 2021, says NCRB report
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Illness major reason for suicides in 2021, says NCRB report

The Hindu  

Nearly one-third of the suicide cases reported in Andhra Pradesh in 2021 were due to health issues faced by the deceased. As per the report of the Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India-2021 released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau, Andhra Pradesh reported a total of 8,067 suicide deaths, and 2,469 of them were due to illness and 2,133 …

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females
2 years, 6 months ago

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupathi: It is often widely believed that women are more vulnerable than men. As per the bureau data, of total 8,067 suicide deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh during 2021, males numbered 6,046 and females 2,021. Inability to cope with family disputes, chronic illness, bankruptcy and indebtedness, love affairs and marriage-related issues are the major reasons for suicides every year. Significantly, …

How to identify and prevent suicide in India
2 years, 6 months ago

How to identify and prevent suicide in India

Live Mint  

The numbers speak for themselves: 1,64,033 Indians died by suicide in 2021, with the national suicide rate being 12, the highest rate since 196, according to NCRB data. Join support groups Join a support group so that you can learn how to deal with suicidal thoughts and realise that you have many other options in life except taking your own …

India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
2 years, 6 months ago

India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data

India TV News  

Highlights NCRB has been compiling suicide deaths data since 1967 It was in 1984 that the number of suicide deaths crossed 50,000-mark for first time However, it was in 1998 that the number of suicide deaths crossed the 1 lakh-mark India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021 – an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 …

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021
2 years, 6 months ago

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021, an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and 28 transgenders, data from the National Crime …

In 2021, over 45K women died by suicide in India, 23,000 of them are housewives: NCRB data
2 years, 6 months ago

In 2021, over 45K women died by suicide in India, 23,000 of them are housewives: NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

As many as 45,026 women killed themselves in 2021 in India with more than 23,000 of them being housewives, the latest National Crime Records Bureau report said. Of the 45,026 women who died by suicide, housewives accounted for 23,178 followed by students, and daily wage earners, the NCRD report showed. Of the 45,026 women who died by suicide, housewives accounted …

Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021
2 years, 6 months ago

Daily wage earners, self-employed, unemployed top categories dying by suicide in 2021

The Hindu  

Daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons, unemployed persons and people involved in farming sector were the top categories of people who have killed themselves in 2021, a COVID-19 pandemic year. “Out of total 1,18,979 male suicides, maximum suicides were committed by daily wage earners followed by self-employed persons and unemployed persons,” the report said. A total of 10,881 persons …

45,026 females committed suicide in 2021, over half were housewives
2 years, 6 months ago

45,026 females committed suicide in 2021, over half were housewives

The Hindu  

As many as 45,026 females committed suicide in 2021 in the country of whom more than half were housewives. Majority of suicides committed by housewives were reported in Tamil Nadu followed by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra which accounted for 13.9 per cent, 13.2 per cent and 12.3 per cent of total such suicides during 2021 respectively. Widowed and widower, divorcees …

Over 45,000 females died by suicide in 2021, more than half of them were housewives
2 years, 6 months ago

Over 45,000 females died by suicide in 2021, more than half of them were housewives

Firstpost  

According to a latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau, a total of 1,64,033 people have committed suicide in 2021 across the country of whom 1,18,979 were males New Delhi: As many as 45,026 females died by suicides during 2021 in the country of whom more than half were housewives. Majority of suicides committed by housewives were reported in …

Forced to abort 14 times by live-in partner, Delhi woman dies by suicide
2 years, 8 months ago

Forced to abort 14 times by live-in partner, Delhi woman dies by suicide

India Today  

A 33-year-old woman killed herself after being allegedly forced to undergo abortions nearly 14 times by her live-in partner in Delhi. The police claimed that the victim died by suicide in the Jaitpur area of Southeast Delhi on July 5. The police found a suicide note from the house which revealed that she was in a relationship with a man …

Slight increase in suicide last year
2 years, 11 months ago

Slight increase in suicide last year

NL Times  

The number of registered suicides in the Netherlands increased by 36 to 1,859 last year. Men between the ages of 20 and 30, in particular, were more likely to end their lives, with the number of suicides in this age group increasing from 124 in 2020 to 157 in 2021. Last year, 304 men and 128 women between the ages …

Understanding India's Suicide Crisis and The Interventions That Can Help
3 years ago

Understanding India's Suicide Crisis and The Interventions That Can Help

The Quint  

India's suicide crisis is often discussed in bursts of news coverage, often within boxes of celebrity suicide, student suicide or farmer suicides. The crisis though, especially in India, sits outside these boxes and is very much a consequence of systemic socio-economic-political failure, and not one that can be viewed only from the lens of mental illness. A new book Life …

Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide; here’s how one can help contain the silent epidemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Every 40 seconds someone commits suicide; here’s how one can help contain the silent epidemic

Firstpost  

Studies reveal that suicide is one of the second leading causes of death during the second and third decades of life. Crude suicide rates across world regions Globally, the suicide rates are decreasing, from 12.9 per 100,000 people in the year 2000 to 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2016. Crude suicide rates across countries The crude suicide rates are the …

India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data
3 years, 4 months ago

India Lost More People to Suicide Than to Coronavirus in 2020, Shows NCRB Data

News 18  

Amid its fight against the pandemic in 2020, India lost more people to suicide than Covid-19, as per the latest report by National Crime Records Bureau. While illness was the most attributed cause behind suicide, daily wage workers made up the largest share of total suicides, shows NCRB data. A total of 37,666 daily wage workers died by suicide in …

Death by suicide rose in India during 2020 pandemic, according to new data
3 years, 4 months ago

Death by suicide rose in India during 2020 pandemic, according to new data

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India has recorded a ten …

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 drove up suicide numbers by 10% in 2020; Maharashtra most affected with nearly 20,000 cases

Firstpost  

The country recorded 1,53,052 suicides — an average of 418 daily — last year The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a killer in more ways than one as India recorded a whopping 1,53,052 suicides — an average of 418 daily — in 2020, as per the government data. The annual data released by National Crime Records Bureau showed that 2020’s …

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases
3 years, 4 months ago

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases

India TV News  

India recorded 153,052 suicides- an average of 418 daily- in 2020, according to the latest central government data. Majority of suicides, 19,909 in total, were reported in Maharashtra followed by 16,883 in Tamil Nadu, 14,578 in Madhya Pradesh, 13,103 in West Bengal, and 12,259 in Karnataka accounting for 13 per cent, 11 per cent, 9.5 per cent, 8.6 per cent …

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