Lok Sabha Question No. 5542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Suicide Preventive Strategy
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5542 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## SUICIDE PREVENTIVE S TRATEGY

## 5542. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  as  per  the  study  conducted  by  Disease  Bur Initiative in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) India account 37 percent of suicide dea ths between the age group of 15 and 39 years in the world, if so, details thereof;
- (b) whether the study also indicates that the suicide rate has consistently been increasi years, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether as per study, And hra Pradesh and Telangana are among the top States where more suicides of women are being reported, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the manner in which the Government is planning to develop suicideprevention strategy?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b): As per the Report 'India: Health of the Nation's States' prepared by the Indian Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR),  Public  Health  Foundation  of  India  (PHFI)  and  th Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the percentage of deaths due to suici interpersonal violence is 2.8% of total deaths in the country. Between the years 1990 and 2016, India's contribution to global suicide rate increased from 25.3% to 36.6% among women, and from 18.7% to 24.3% among men.
- (c):   As per the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990 - 2016 published in the Lancet in October, 2018, t he highest Suicide Death Rate among women  in  2016  was  in  the  States  of  Tamil  Nadu  and  Karnataka,  followed  by  West  Bengal Tripura,  Andhra  Pradesh,  and  Telangana. The  details  of  Suicide  Death  Rate  in  the  States  of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are Annexed.

(d): To address the burden of mental disorders, the Government of India is implementing National  Mental  Health  Programme  (NMHP)  since  1982. The  Government  is  supporting implementation  of  the  District  Mental  Health  Programme  (DMHP) under  NMHP i n  655 districts of the country with the objectives to:

- (i) Provide  suicide  prevention  services,  work  place  stress  management,  life  ski training and counseling in schools and colleges.
- (ii) Provide  mental  health  services  including  prevention,  promotion  and  longte rm continuing care at different levels of district healthcare delivery system.
- (iii) Augment  institutional  capacity  in  terms  of  infrastructure,  equipment  and  hum resource for mental healthcare.
- (iv) Promote community awareness and participation in the delivery of mental healthcare services.

## Annexure

## Crude and age-standardized Suicide Death Rates (SDRs) in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh vis-a-vis National data published in the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016

|                                   | SDR in 1990         | SDR in 1990         | SDR in 2016         | SDR in 2016         | Percentage change     | Percentage change     |
|-----------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| Particulars                       | Crude               | Age standardized    | Crude               | Age standardized    | Crude                 | Age standardized      |
| India (per 100000 women)          | 19·4 (16·1 to 22·9) | 20·0 (16·5 to 23·5) | 14·9 (13·2 to 16·4) | 14·7 (13·1 to 16·2) | -23·5 (-38·2 to -3·2) | -26·7 (-40·3 to -7·6) |
| Andhra Pradesh (per 100000 women) | 27·9 (20·2 to 36·7) | 27·8 (20·2 to 36·4) | 21·0 (16·9 to 25·8) | 19·8 (15·9 to 24·5) | -24·9 (-48·0 to 11·7) | -28·9 (-50·3 to 6·3)  |
| Telangana (per 100000 women)      | 29·0 (19·8 to 39·0) | 29·5 (20·2 to 39·5) | 19·8 (15·3 to 25)   | 18·8 (14·5 to 23·7) | -31·6 (-55·0 to 9·4)  | -36·3 (-57·8 to 2·0)  |