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- India has the highest suicide rate in the South-East Asian region, according to the World Health Organization report released last year.
- India’s suicide rate is at 5 suicides per 100,000 people.
- India also had the third-highest female suicide rate (14.7) in the world.
- Suicide was decriminalised in India in 2017, but Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code still stays.
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