Suicides and their Share by Causes during 2003-05 (All India)

Table 12.14
Sl.	Cause	2003		2004		2005		% Variation 2005 over 2004
Sl.	Cause	Suicides	% Share	Suicides	% Share	Suicides	% Share	% Variation 2005 over 2004
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Bankruptcy or Sudden change in Economic Status	2866	2.6	3063	2.7	3095	2.7	1.0
2	Suspected/lllicit Relation	1291	1.2	1216	1.1	1220	1.1	0.3
3	Cancellation/Non Settlement of Marriage	933	0.8	762	0.7	957	0.8	25.6
4	Not having children	732	0.7	694	0.6	775	0.7	11.7
5	Illness	24894	22.5	25452	22.4	25061	22.0	1.5
	(I) (AIDS/STD)	769	0.7	668	0.6	1099	1.0	64.5
	(ii) Cancer	652	0.6	822	0.7	748	0.7	9.0
	(iii) Paralysis	514	0.5	504	0.4	790	0.7	56.7
	(iv) Insanity/Mental Illness	7323	6.6	7117	6.3	7604	6.7	68.8
	(v) Other Prolonged	15636	14.1	16341	14.4	14820	13.0	9.3
6	Death of Dear Person	1010	0.9	749	0.7	820	0.7	9.5
7	Dowry Dispute	2447	2.2	2638	2.3	2351	2.1	10.9
8	Divorce	308	0.3	367	0.3	317	0.3	13.6
9	Drug Abuse/Addiction	1763	1.6	1927	1.7	2032	1.8	5.4
10	Failure in Examination	2255	2.0	2496	2.2	2283	2.0	8.5
11	Fall in Social Reputation	912	0.8	710	0.6	1572	1.4	121.4
12	Family Problems	26308	23.7	25531	22.5	25441	22.3	0.4
13	Ideological Causes/Hero Worshipping	242	0.2	81	0.1	215	0.2	165.4
14	Illegitimate Pregnancy	249	0.2	204	0.2	171	0.2	16.2
15	love Affairs	3996	3.6	3799	3.3	3496	3.1	8.0
16	Physical Abuse (Rape, Incest etc)	503	0.5	306	0.3	202	0.2	34.0
17	Poverty	2671	2.4	3403	3.0	2548	2.2	25.1
18	Professional/Career Problem	1008	0.9	1032	0.9	735	0.6	28.8
19	Property Dispute	1515	1.4	1689	1.5	1559	1.4	7.7
20	Unemployment	2516	2.3	2571	2.3	2172	1.9	15.5
21	Causes Not Known	17631	15.9	18812	16.5	17445	15.3	7.3
22	Other Causes	14801	13.4	16195	14.2	19447	17.1	20.1
	Total	110851	100.0	113697	100.0	113914	100.0	0.2

Source: Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India, 2005, National Crime & Research Bureau

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