Panaji : National Crime Records Bureau ,NCRB) The data for 2020 showed that Goa’s suicide rate is almost double of 19.9% National average of 11.3%. The report defines suicidal There are suicide incidents per lakh population.
More than 1.5 lakh suicides were registered in India in 2020, which is 10% more than the previous year. The suicide rate also increased by 8.7% in the same period.
The NCRB said the calculation was done using the estimated population, which was 15.5 lakh for Goa. Of the suicides recorded in 2020, 75% were of men (234 out of 308).
The Institute of Mental Health said that mental health and suicide prevention need to be made a public health priority.
Peter Borges, founder of Human Touch Foundation, said, “With the burden of mental health in today’s times, it is natural to feel stressed, anxious and lonely and fearful in times of crisis, especially in post-Covid times.” “We still need to increase and enable provisions in mental health providers and education systems to ensure access to quality and affordable care for mental health conditions.”
The NCRB said that each suicide is an individual tragedy that prematurely kills a person and has a continuous ripple effect, affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year more than 1 lakh people commit suicide in the country.
“There are various reasons for suicide like professional/career problems, alienation, abuse, violence, family problems, mental disorders, alcohol addiction, financial loss, chronic pain,” the NCRB said.
The bureau said Maharashtra has the highest (19,909), Tamil Nadu 16,883, Madhya Pradesh 14,578, West Bengal 13,103 and Kerala 12,259.
“These five states together accounted for 50.1% of the total suicides reported in the country. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state (which has 16.9% of the country’s population) has recorded a comparatively low percentage of suicide deaths, accounting for only 3.1% of the total suicides in the country.”
More than 1.5 lakh suicides were registered in India in 2020, which is 10% more than the previous year. The suicide rate also increased by 8.7% in the same period.
The NCRB said the calculation was done using the estimated population, which was 15.5 lakh for Goa. Of the suicides recorded in 2020, 75% were of men (234 out of 308).
The Institute of Mental Health said that mental health and suicide prevention need to be made a public health priority.
Peter Borges, founder of Human Touch Foundation, said, “With the burden of mental health in today’s times, it is natural to feel stressed, anxious and lonely and fearful in times of crisis, especially in post-Covid times.” “We still need to increase and enable provisions in mental health providers and education systems to ensure access to quality and affordable care for mental health conditions.”
The NCRB said that each suicide is an individual tragedy that prematurely kills a person and has a continuous ripple effect, affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year more than 1 lakh people commit suicide in the country.
“There are various reasons for suicide like professional/career problems, alienation, abuse, violence, family problems, mental disorders, alcohol addiction, financial loss, chronic pain,” the NCRB said.
The bureau said Maharashtra has the highest (19,909), Tamil Nadu 16,883, Madhya Pradesh 14,578, West Bengal 13,103 and Kerala 12,259.
“These five states together accounted for 50.1% of the total suicides reported in the country. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state (which has 16.9% of the country’s population) has recorded a comparatively low percentage of suicide deaths, accounting for only 3.1% of the total suicides in the country.”
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