In 2002 around 193,651 suicides occurred in India, 3,110 more than in 2001. In 2002, on average 531 Indians committed suicide every day.
India reported 17.71 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.
India is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 193,651 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 106,108 were men suicides and 87,542 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.67 per 100,000 men and for women 16.52 per 100,000 female In spite of this, it is the country with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In India suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 45,736 homicides in India, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.2 suicides.
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