The Accidental Deaths
and Suicides in India 2012 (ADSI 2012), produced by the National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB), provides 22 different causes behind suicides. Family problems
(25.6%) and illness (20.8%) accounted for 46.4% of total suicides in India
during 2012. Insanity/ mental illness accounted for 6.4 percent of total
suicide deaths.
The country witnessed
69 suicides per day due to illness, 11 suicides per day owing to love affairs,
6 suicides per day due to poverty, 6 suicides per day due to failure in
examination, 5 suicides per day owing to unemployment and 5 suicides per day
due to dowry dispute.
Most number of
suicides caused by family problems in 2012 were reported from the states of
Maharashtra (6496), Tamil Nadu (4842), Kerala (3743) and Karnataka (2782).
Most number of
suicides caused by illness (insanity) were reported from Kerala (1182), Andhra
Pradesh (1162), Maharashtra (1096) and Gujarat (713).
Suicides caused by
poverty were mostly reported from Andhra Pradesh (1096), Karnataka (364),
Maharashtra (245) and Assam (219).
In the industrialized
states of Maharashtra (258) and Gujarat (224), suicides caused by unemployment
were the highest.
It must be noted that the state of West Bengal did not divulge
any information for the classification of suicides by different causes for the
year 2012.
Out of the 23398
number of suicide deaths among young males (15-29 years of age) in 2012, most were
caused by family problems (23.3%), other causes (18%), causes not known
(16.4%), illness (15.2%), love affairs (6.4%), failure in examination (4.2%),
drug abuse/ addiction (4.2%), unemployment (3.1%) and poverty (2%).
Out of the 18395
number of suicide deaths among young females (15-29 years of age) in 2012, most
were motivated by family problems (27.8%), illness (15.7%), other causes
(14.1%), causes not known (12.4%), love affairs (7.6%), dowry dispute (7.5%)
and failure in examination (5%).
References:
Accidental Deaths and
Suicides in India 2012,
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