Deaths by suicide increased 3.4% in India last year: report

In 2019, India recorded a 3.4 percent increase in deaths due to suicide, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The entire year saw 1,39,123 fatalities with an average of 381 deaths by suicide occurring daily. There was a 0.2 per cent rise in the rate of suicide in 2019 as compared to 2018.

Suicide by hanging, consuming poison, self-immolation and drowning were the most prominent means of committing suicide in 2019.

Family problems, marriage-related issues and illness made up almost 55 percent of the total suicides in India.

Maharashtra took the lead in the number of suicides, followed by Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.