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Report on accidental deaths, suicides
September 6 , 2020
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- This report was released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- According to the report, the number of suicide cases and accidental deaths registered an increase across the country last year from the 2018 figures.
Suicides
- India reported an average 381 deaths by suicide daily in 2019
- Suicides in the country went up slightly from 1,34,516 to 1,39,123.
- Suicides in the farm sector have steadily declined over four years.
- Most suicides by unemployed persons were in Kerala at 14% followed by Maharashtra (10.8%), Tamil Nadu (9.8%), Karnataka (9.2%) and 6.1% in Odisha.
- Most suicides by those in business activities were in Maharashtra followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
- The suicide rate in cities (13.9%) was higher compared to the all-India average.
- Most cases of mass/family suicides were reported from Tamil Nadu (16), followed by Andhra Pradesh (14), Kerala (11) and Punjab (9) and Rajasthan (7).
Accidents
- Accidental deaths in the country increased by 2.3%.
- Maharashtra reported the highest deaths (70,329), amounting to nearly one-sixth of the total.
- The major causes were ‘traffic accidents’ (43.9%).
- Most deaths (400) due to lightning was reported each from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, followed by Jharkhand (334) and Uttar Pradesh (321).
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