Over 1, 00,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has recorded an increase of 21.6 per cent, said a government report. The number of suicides increased to 1, 34,799 in 2013 from 1,10,851 in 2003, said the National Crime Record Bureau report titled Crime in India, 2013, released here this week. 2013 records 15 suicides every hour in India The report showed that suicide rate has declined in the country after 2011. The population has increased by 15 per cent during the decade while the rate of suicides has increased by 5.7 per cent in 2013 over 2003 (from 10.4 per cent in 2003 to 11 per cent in 2013), hence showing a mixed trend in incidents of rate of suicides during the decade, it said. The highest incidents of 16,622 suicides were reported from Maharashtra in 2013, followed by 16,601 suicides in Tamil Nadu. Both account for 12.3 per cent each of the total suicides. Andhra Pradesh (14,607 suicides), West Bengal (13,055 suicides) and Karnataka (11,266 suicides) accounted for respectively 10.8 per cent, 9.7 per cent and 8.4 per cent of the total suicides reported in the country, said the report.

Click Here To Read More