Attempted Suicides in India: A Comprehensive Look (original) (raw)
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International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology, 2018
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International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), 2020
https://www.ijert.org/statistical-analysis-and-interpretation-to-introspect-suicides-in-india-an-overview-of-past-decade https://www.ijert.org/research/statistical-analysis-and-interpretation-to-introspect-suicides-in-india-an-overview-of-past-decade-IJERTV9IS100084.pdf India is a vast country with a population of 1.38 Billion. In Total, this population is equivalent to nearly 17.7% of total people alive today [1]. Suicides are an important cause of death in India. According to the Indian government, suicide can be defined as an unnatural death with the intent to die within the person for a particular reason [2]. The major reason for suicide is bankruptcy or indebtedness, depression, illness, marriage related issues, unemployment, etc. [3]. India accounts for 17% of worldwide suicides [4]. In the past two decades from 1987 to 2007, the suicide rate increased from 7.9 to 10.3 per 1 lack people [4]. The highest proportion of suicides were attempted in major states like Tamil Nadu (12.5%), Maharashtra (11.9%), and West Bengal (11%) in 2012 with male to female suicide ratio of 2:1 [4]. The estimation of the number of suicides in India varies from source to source because of such a high volume of population. For example, according to data published in The Lancet estimated 187,000 suicides in 2010 [5], whereas the official data of the government of India claims 134,600 suicides in the same year. According to the World health organization (WHO), suicide by age standard in India is 16.4 per 1 lack for women which is 6 th highest in the world, and 25.8 for men which is 22 nd ranking in the world. Analyzing the age group and method of suicide in India we have about 46,000 suicides that occurred in 15-29 and 30-44 age groups dying from poisoning (33%), hanging (26%), and self-immolation (9%). These are the primary methods used to die by suicide in 2012 [4]. India is a very vast and ever-growing country and the quality of information about suicide in India is quite limited, but it is an important and growing public health concern. Compared to suicides in high-income developed countries, suicides in India are more prevalent and complicated to understand & analyze. Therefore, an attempt has been made to study and analyze the suicide in India based on the data-set collected from Kaggle.
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Suicide in South Asia: a scoping review
BMC Psychiatry, 2014
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IRJET- Data Analysis on Suicides in India Its Causes, Statistics, Ratios and Prevention Solutions
IRJET, 2020
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International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2006
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