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Decline of Suicide in India 2021
February 24 , 2025
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- India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021.
- The suicide death rate in India was 18.9 per lakh population in 1990.
- In 2019 it stood at 13·1 lakh per lakh population and 13 per lakh population in 2021.
- From 1990 to 2021, the suicide death rate in India declined to 31·5 per cent.
- The reduction in death rates by suicide was seen more in females than males.
- In 1990, the suicide death rate among females stood at 16·8 per lakh population, which reduced to 10·3 per lakh population in 2021.
- Globally, the study showed about 740,000 suicides are reported annually.
- In other words, one person dies on average every 43 seconds by suicide.
- In the last three decades, the global age-standardised mortality rate for suicide has declined by nearly 40 per cent.
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