These are unbelievable suicide facts of India :
- Majority of the suicides are committed by the people under 30 years of age.
- 90% of people who die by suicide have some mental disorder.
- More Indian men die by suicides than women.
- Half a million suicides occur in India every year.
- Family problems and illness contribute to about 44% of suicides.
- Farmers commit approximately 30% of all suicides in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
- Within 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses.
- Domestic violence is the main reason of suicide for 64% of women.
- Nearly 30% of all suicides worldwide occur in India and China.
- In 2014, 16,632 farmers, including 2369 women killed themselves constituting 14.4% of the total number of suicides in the country.
- 5% of all farmer’s suicides in Maharashtra are due to debts or bankruptcy.
- About 8% of suicides in the country are committed by persons suffering from schizophrenia.
- One in 60 persons in the country is affected by suicide.
- 60% of all the farmers who committed suicide owned more than 4 acres of land.
- Suicide rates in India are highest in the 15-30 age group.
- On Diwali, five farmers killed themselves within 48 hours in the Vidarbha region being unable to buy clothes and sweets for their families.
- 30-50% of male suicides occur under the influence of alcohol.
- In 2013, over 20965 suicide deaths took place due to reasons unknown.
- Nearly 86% of all farmer ’suicides in Maharashtra are committed by those with more than 2 acres of land.
- Suicide rate among the youth is highest in India.
- Over 1500 farmers committed Mass suicide in India after being driven to debt by crop failure.
- Poisoning, hanging and self-immolation were the common methods to commit suicide in 2012.
- In every 40 seconds, a life is lost through suicide.