Telangana Breaches Into Top Five In Suicides

September 10, 2018 15:21
Telangana Breaches Into Top Five In Suicides

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Telangana Breaches Into Top Five In Suicides:- National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) stated that Telangana is among the top five in suicide cases and they informed that there has been huge rise in the suicide cases registered. The rate of suicides is measured on the number of suicides for one lakh population. It was 26.5 during 2014 and Puducherry is on the top with 40.4. Every year, over 2650 people have been committing suicides in the limits of GHMC which has an average population of over a crore.

Youngsters between 15 and 29 years accounted for the highest suicide rate for one lakh population. The number of cases in Telangana saw a huge rise over the years. Several Psychiatrists revealed that youth have been taking such decisions because of depression. The president for Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), Telangana State, Dr Keshav Rao says these incidents have been taking place because of the collective failure of the government and society. Beating depression is the only way to stay away from suicides.

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