Lok Sabha Question No. 2653 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-15
Subject: Suicide Cases
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2653

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 15 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 24, 1937 (SAKA)

## SUICIDE CASES

†2653. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:

ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the male and female ratio in regard to the persons who committed suicides during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; (b) whether suicides among tribals are on the rise in the country; (c) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such cases reported during the said period, State-wise; (d)  whether  the  Government has  identified  the  causes/circumstances  for  such incidents, if so, the details and outcome thereof; and (e) the measures taken by the Union and the State Governments to prevent the people from committing suicide? ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a): As per the data furnished by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the State/UT wise and gender wise total number of persons who have committed suicides during 2012-2014 is enclosed at    Annexure - I

(b) to (c): NCRB does not maintain the data on suicides among tribal population separately.

(d): Major causes of suicide, as per data available, are Family problems, Illness, drug abuse, Bankruptcy or sudden change in economic status etc. Cause wise details on suicides committed during 2012-2014 is enclosed at Annexure - II.

(e):  'Public  Health'  and  'Public  Order'  are  the  State  subjects.  However,  the Government  of  India  attaches  highest  importance  in  the  matter  and  has approved implementation of the District  Mental  Health Programme in  some  of the  districts  of  the  country  with  added  components  of  suicide  prevention services, work place stress management, life skills training and counseling in schools and colleges.

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## State/UT wise and sex wise number of suicides and male, female ratio during 2012-2014

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                      | 2012     | 2012    | 2012      | 2012       | 2012           | 2013      | 2013       | 2013      | 2013       |                 |          |                      |          |            |              |
|-----------|-------------------------------|----------|---------|-----------|------------|----------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------------|----------|----------------------|----------|------------|--------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                      | Male     | Female  | Total     | Male Ratio | Female Ratio   | Male      | Female     | Total     | Male Ratio | Femal e Ratio   | Male     | Female Trans- gender | Total    | Male Ratio | Female Ratio |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                | 9527     | 4711    | 14238     | 0.67       | 0.33           | 9902      | 4705       | 14607     | 0.68 0.32  | 4220            | 1880     | 1                    | 6101     | 0.69       | 0.31         |
| 2         | Arunachal                     | 100      | 30      | 130       | 0.77       | 0.23           | 171       | 58         | 229       | 0.75       | 0.25 110        | 46       | 0                    | 156      | 0.71       | 0.29         |
| 3         | Pradesh Assam                 | 2392     | 872     | 3264      | 0.73       | 0.27           | 2558      | 995        | 3553 0.72 | 0.28       | 2510            | 1036     | 0                    | 3546     | 0.71       | 0.29         |
| 4         | Bihar                         | 455      | 304     | 759       | 0.60       | 0.40 630       | 427       | 1057       | 0.60      | 0.40       | 422             | 297      | 0                    | 719      | 0.59       | 0.41         |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                  | 4014     | 1640    | 5654      | 0.71       | 0.29 3648      | 1788      | 5436       | 0.67      | 0.33       | 3763            | 1920     | 0                    | 5683     | 0.66       | 0.34         |
| 6         | Goa                           | 196      | 93      | 289       | 0.68       | 0.32 230       | 98        | 328        | 0.70      | 0.30       | 203             | 88       | 0                    | 291      | 0.70       | 0.30         |
| 7         | Gujarat                       | 4362     | 2748    | 7110      | 0.61       | 0.39 4532      | 2634      | 7166       | 0.63      | 0.37       | 4603            | 2622     | 0                    | 7225     | 0.64       | 0.36         |
| 8         | Haryana                       | 2071     | 756     | 2827      | 0.73       | 0.27 2502      | 814       | 3316       | 0.75      | 0.25       | 2522            | 681      | 0                    | 3203     | 0.79       | 0.21         |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh              | 354      | 174     | 528       | 0.67       | 0.33 364       | 190       | 554        | 0.66      | 0.34       | 396             | 248      | 0                    | 644      | 0.61       | 0.39         |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir               | 192      | 222     | 414       | 0.46       | 0.54 168       | 134       | 302        | 0.56      | 0.44       | 150             | 108      | 0                    | 258      | 0.58       | 0.42         |
| 11        | Jharkhand                     | 838      | 481     | 1319 0.64 | 0.36       | 984            | 476       | 1460       | 0.67      | 0.33       | 890             | 410      | 0                    | 1300     | 0.68       | 0.32         |
| 12        | Karnataka                     | 8596     | 4157    | 12753     | 0.67 0.33  | 7733           | 3533      | 11266      | 0.69      | 0.31       | 7684            | 3259     | 2                    | 10945    | 0.70       | 0.30         |
| 13        | Kerala                        | 6409     | 2081    | 8490      | 0.75       | 0.25           | 6701 1945 | 8646       | 0.78      | 0.22       | 6412            | 2034     | 0                    | 8446     | 0.76       | 0.24         |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                | 5774     | 4001    | 9775      | 0.59       | 0.41 5670      | 3776      | 9446       | 0.60      | 0.40       | 5341            | 3698     | 0                    | 9039     | 0.59       | 0.41         |
| 15        | Maharashtra                   | 11304    | 4808    | 16112     | 0.70       | 0.30 11892     | 4730      | 16622      | 0.72      | 0.28       | 11828           | 4476     | 3                    | 16307    | 0.73       | 0.27         |
| 16        | Manipur                       | 23       | 18      | 41        | 0.56       | 0.44 22        | 15        |            | 37 0.59   | 0.41       | 31              | 19       | 0                    | 50       | 0.62       | 0.38         |
| 17        | Meghalaya                     | 90       | 38      | 128       | 0.70       | 0.30 96        | 41        | 137        | 0.70      | 0.30       | 75              | 24       | 0                    | 99       | 0.76       | 0.24         |
| 18        | Mizoram                       | 157      | 16      | 173       | 0.91       | 0.09 79        | 16        |            | 95 0.83   | 0.17       | 100             | 16       | 0                    | 116      | 0.86       | 0.14         |
| 19        | Nagaland                      | 24       | 6       | 30        | 0.80       | 0.20 25        | 12        |            | 37 0.68   | 0.32       | 9               | 4        | 0                    | 13       | 0.69       | 0.31         |
| 20        | Odisha                        | 2896     | 2131    | 5027      | 0.58       | 0.42 3272      | 1980      | 5252       | 0.62      | 0.38       | 2328            | 1832     | 0                    | 4160     | 0.56       | 0.44         |
| 21        | Punjab                        | 784      | 246     | 1030      | 0.76       | 0.24 713       | 259       |            | 972       | 0.73 0.27  | 710             | 233      | 0                    | 943      | 0.75       | 0.25         |
| 22        | Rajasthan                     | 3227     | 1594    | 4821      | 0.67       | 0.33 3377      | 1483      | 4860       | 0.69      | 0.31       | 3235            | 1224     | 0                    | 4459     | 0.73       | 0.27         |
| 23        | Sikkim                        | 96       | 85      | 181       | 0.53       | 0.47 125       | 59        | 184        | 0.68      | 0.32       | 161             | 83       | 0                    | 244      | 0.66       | 0.34         |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                    | 10748    | 6179    | 16927     | 0.63       | 0.37 11182     | 5419      | 16601      | 0.67      | 0.33       | 10963           | 5155     | 4                    | 16122    | 0.68       | 0.32         |
| 25        | Telangana#                    |          |         |           |            |                |           |            |           |            | 6669            | 2954     | 0                    | 9623     | 0.69       | 0.31         |
| 26        | Tripura                       | 560      | 284     | 844       | 0.66       | 0.34           | 636 325   |            | 961       | 0.66       | 0.34 492        | 270      | 0                    | 762      | 0.65       | 0.35         |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                 | 2495     | 1927    | 4422      | 0.56 0.44  | 3163           | 2123      |            | 5286      | 0.60       | 0.40 2099       | 1485     | 6                    | 3590     | 0.58       | 0.41         |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                   | 249      | 175 424 | 0.59      |            | 0.41 244       | 121       | 365        | 0.67      | 0.33       | 151             | 56       | 0                    | 207      | 0.73       | 0.27         |
| 29        | West Bengal                   | 8680     | 6277    | 14957     | 0.58       | 0.42 7860      | 5195      |            | 13055     | 0.60       | 0.40 8886       | 5424     | 0                    | 14310    | 0.62       | 0.38         |
|           | Total (States)                | 86613    | 46054   | 132667    | 0.65       | 0.35 88479     | 43351     | 131830     | 0.67      | 0.33       | 86963           | 41582    | 16                   | 128561   | 0.68       | 0.32         |
| 30        | A & N Islands                 | 80       | 41      | 121       | 0.66       | 0.34           | 111       | 40         | 151       | 0.74       | 0.26            | 115 40   | 0                    | 155      | 0.74       | 0.26         |
| 31        | Chandigarh                    | 75       | 39      | 114       | 0.66       | 0.34 59        |           | 38         | 97        | 0.61 0.39  | 66              | 39       | 0                    | 105      | 0.63       | 0.37         |
| 32        | D&N Haveli                    | 41       | 25      | 66        | 0.62       | 55             |           | 29         | 84        | 0.65       | 0.35 45         | 31       | 0                    | 76       | 0.59       | 0.41         |
| 33        | Daman & Diu                   | 25 1246  | 11 653  | 36 1899   | 0.69       | 0.38 0.31      | 13 16     | 642        | 29 2059   | 0.45 0.69  | 0.55 0.31       | 22 671   | 5 0 0                | 27       | 0.81 0.68  | 0.19 0.32    |
| 34        | Delhi UT                      |          | 0       | 1         | 0.66       | 0.34           | 1417      |            |           |            | 1424            |          |                      | 2095     |            |              |
|           |                               | 1        |         |           |            |                |           |            |           |            | 0.67            | 1        | 0                    |          |            |              |
| 35        | Lakshadweep                   |          |         |           | 1.00       | 0.00 1         |           | 2          | 3 0.33    |            | 2               |          |                      | 3        | 0.67       | 0.33         |
| 36        | Puducherry                    | 372 1840 | 169 938 | 541 2778  | 0.69       | 0.31 408       |           | 138 905    | 546       | 0.75 0.25  | 492             | 152      | 0 0                  | 644 3105 | 0.76 0.70  | 0.24 0.30    |
|           | Total (UTs) Total (All India) | 88453    | 46992   | 135445    | 0.66 0.65  | 0.34 2064 0.35 | 90543     | 2969 44256 | 134799    | 0.70 0.67  | 0.30 0.33 89129 | 2166 939 | 42521 16             | 131666   | 0.68       | 0.32         |

Source: 'Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India'

# Newly carved State from Andhra Pradesh

## Page 1 of 1 Annexure-I

## Page 1 of 1 Annexure - II

## State/UT wise causes of  suicides during 2012

| Sl. No.   | Cause of suicides                              | Number of suicides   | Number of suicides   | Number of suicides   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cause of suicides                              | Male                 | Female               | Total                |
| 1         | Bankruptcy or sudden change in economic status | 2083                 | 274                  | 2357                 |
| 2         | Suspected/Illicit relation                     | 512                  | 506                  | 1018                 |
| 3         | Cancellation/Non-Settlement of marriage        | 417                  | 393                  | 810                  |
| 4         | Not having children (Barrenness/Impotency)     | 172                  | 433                  | 605                  |
| 5         | Illness                                        | 16424                | 8692                 | 25116                |
|           | (i) Aids/STD                                   | 397                  | 128                  | 525                  |
|           | (ii) Cancer                                    | 408                  | 179                  | 587                  |
|           | (iii) Paralysis                                | 376                  | 160                  | 536                  |
|           | (iv) Insanity/Mental illness                   | 5156                 | 2613                 | 7769                 |
|           | (v) Other Prolonged illness                    | 10087                | 5612                 | 15699                |
| 6         | Death of dear person                           | 427                  | 392                  | 819                  |
| 7         | Dowry dispute                                  | 41                   | 1894                 | 1935                 |
| 8         | Divorce                                        | 118                  | 151                  | 269                  |
| 9         | Drug abuse/addiction                           | 3883                 | 125                  | 4008                 |
| 10        | Failure in examination                         | 1162                 | 1084                 | 2246                 |
| 11        | Fall in social reputation                      | 680                  | 301                  | 981                  |
| 12        | Family problems                                | 19537                | 11255                | 30792                |
| 13        | Ideological causes/hero worshipping            | 101                  | 75                   | 176                  |
| 14        | Illegitimate pregnancy                         | 0                    | 93                   | 93                   |
| 15        | Love affairs                                   | 2023                 | 1826                 | 3849                 |
| 16        | Physical abuse (Rape Incest etc.)              | 87                   | 194                  | 281                  |
| 17        | Poverty                                        | 1804                 | 487                  | 2291                 |
| 18        | Professional/Career problem                    | 835                  | 96                   | 931                  |
| 19        | Property dispute                               | 927                  | 289                  | 1216                 |
| 20        | Unemployment                                   | 1471                 | 260                  | 1731                 |
| 21        | Causes not known                               | 12769                | 5407                 | 18176                |
| 22        | Other causes                                   | 14300                | 6488                 | 20788                |
|           | Total                                          | 79773                | 40715                | 120488               |

Source:  Accidental Deaths & Suicide in india

Note:

State of West Bengal did not provide data for the above classification for the year 2012.

## State/UT wise causes of  suicides during 2013

| Sl. No.   | Cause of                                       | Number of suicides   | Number of suicides   | Number of suicides   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Cause of                                       | Male                 | Female               | Total                |
| 1         | Bankruptcy or sudden change in economic status | 2361                 | 317                  | 2678                 |
| 2         | Suspected/Illicit relation                     | 654                  | 501                  | 1155                 |
| 3         | Cancellation/Non-Settlement of marriage        | 578                  | 503                  | 1081                 |
| 4         | Not having children (Barrenness/Impotency)     | 230                  | 423                  | 653                  |
| 5         | Illness                                        | 17530                | 8896                 | 26426                |
|           | (i) Aids/STD                                   | 420                  | 170                  | 590                  |
|           | (ii) Cancer                                    | 570                  | 211                  | 781                  |
|           | (iii) Paralysis                                | 511                  | 213                  | 724                  |
|           | (iv) Insanity/Mental illness                   | 5208                 | 2798                 | 8006                 |
|           | (v) Other Prolonged illness                    | 10821                | 5504                 | 16325                |
| 6         | Death of dear person                           | 572                  | 424                  | 996                  |
| 7         | Dowry dispute                                  | 65                   | 2202                 | 2267                 |
| 8         | Divorce                                        | 162                  | 203                  | 365                  |
| 9         | Drug abuse/addiction                           | 4479                 | 112                  | 4591                 |
| 10        | Failure in examination                         | 1392                 | 1079                 | 2471                 |
| 11        | Fall in social reputation                      | 1011                 | 455                  | 1466                 |
| 12        | Family problems                                | 21096                | 11229                | 32325                |
| 13        | Ideological causes/hero worshipping            | 139                  | 82                   | 221                  |
| 14        | Illegitimate pregnancy                         | 0                    | 153                  | 153                  |
| 15        | Love affairs                                   | 2565                 | 1930                 | 4495                 |
| 16        | Physical abuse (Rape, Incest. etc.)            | 74                   | 196                  | 270                  |
| 17        | Poverty                                        | 1420                 | 446                  | 1866                 |
| 18        | Professional/Career problem                    | 1163                 | 148                  | 1311                 |
| 19        | Property dispute                               | 889                  | 227                  | 1116                 |
| 20        | Unemployment                                   | 1802                 | 288                  | 2090                 |
| 21        | Causes not known                               | 14704                | 6261                 | 20965                |
| 22        | Other causes                                   | 17657                | 8181                 | 25838                |
|           | Total                                          | 90543                | 44256                | 134799               |

## State/UT wise causes of  suicides during 2014

| Sl. No.   | Cause                                               |   Male |   Female |   Transgender |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|---------------|---------|
| 1         | Bankruptcy or Indebtedness                          |   2098 |      210 |             0 |    2308 |
| 2         | Marriage Related Issues (Total)                     |   2362 |     4411 |             0 |    6773 |
|           | 2.1 Non Settlement of Marriage                      |    490 |      606 |             0 |    1096 |
|           | 2.2 Dowry Related Issues                            |     39 |     2222 |             0 |    2261 |
|           | 2.3 Extra Marital affairs                           |    227 |      249 |             0 |     476 |
|           | 2.4 Divorce                                         |    150 |      183 |             0 |     333 |
|           | 2.5 Others                                          |   1456 |     1151 |             0 |    2607 |
| 3         | Failure in Examination                              |   1358 |     1045 |             0 |    2403 |
| 4         | Impotency/Infertility                               |    127 |      205 |             0 |     332 |
| 5         | Other Family problems                               |  18623 |     9977 |             2 |   28602 |
| 6         | Illness (Total)                                     |  16078 |     7663 |             5 |   23746 |
|           | 6.1 AIDS/STD                                        |    184 |       48 |             1 |     233 |
|           | 6.2 Cancer                                          |    407 |      175 |             0 |     582 |
|           | 6.3 Paralysis                                       |    301 |      107 |             0 |     408 |
|           | 6.4Insanity/ Mental Illness                         |   4761 |     2341 |             2 |    7104 |
|           | 6.5Other Prolonged Illness                          |  10425 |     4992 |             2 |   15419 |
| 7         | Death of Dear Person                                |    658 |      323 |             0 |     981 |
| 8         | Drug Abuse/AlcoholicAddiction                       |   3555 |       91 |             1 |    3647 |
| 9         | Fall in Social Reputation                           |    361 |      129 |             0 |     490 |
| 10        | Ideological Causes/Hero Worshipping                 |     43 |       13 |             0 |      56 |
| 11        | Love Affairs                                        |   2441 |     1727 |             0 |    4168 |
| 12        | Poverty                                             |   1419 |      280 |             0 |    1699 |
| 13        | Unemployment                                        |   1965 |      242 |             0 |    2207 |
| 14        | Property Dispute                                    |    874 |      193 |             0 |    1067 |
| 15        | Suspected/ Illicit Relation (Other than Sl. No.2.3) |    253 |      205 |             0 |     458 |
| 16        | Illegitimate Pregnancy (Other than Sl. No.2.3)      |      0 |       56 |             0 |      56 |
| 17        | Physical Abuse (Rape, etc.)                         |      6 |       68 |             0 |      74 |
| 18        | Professional/Career Problem                         |    792 |      111 |             0 |     903 |
| 19        | Causes Not Known                                    |  11308 |     4955 |             1 |   16264 |
| 20        | Other Causes                                        |  24808 |    10617 |             7 |   35432 |
| 21        | Total                                               |  89129 |    42521 |            16 |  131666 |

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