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SUICIDAL DEATHS
1 General :
According to Oxford dictionary, ‘suicide’ means ‘the act of
killing oneself intentionally’. The ‘suicide’ word has its origin from
Latin word ‘sui’ (of oneself) plus ‘cardere’ (kill). It is a step which is
taken by one normally in an emotionally or mentally weak moment
when he or she feels coping with life is impossible
CHART 8.1
SUICIDE CASES (MALE AND FEMALE) DURING 2000-2009
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CHART-8.2
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Year Population
Suicide Cases Rate per Lac
(2001)
Distt
2008 2009 2008 2009
Bilaspur 340735 91 20.25 26.70
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Chamba 460499 8 1.95 1.73
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Hamirpur 412009 91 22.08 22.08
91
Kangra 1338536 90 15.31 6.72
205
Kinnaur 77007 25 10.38 32.46
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Kullu 379865 6 6.31 1.57
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L/Spiti 33224 1 6.01 3.00
2
Mandi 900987 94 8.10 10.43
73
Shimla 721745 37 4.43 5.12
32
Sirmaur 458351 25 6.76 5.45
31
Solan 499380 53 10.61 10.61
53
Una 447967 39 6.92 8.70
31
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CHART-8.3
200
100
0
Year
Male Female
Never
85 13.53 48 7.64 79 14.10 44 7.85
Married
Widow
10 1.59 14 2.23 17 3.03 11 1.96
/Widower
Separated 3 0.48 - - - - - -
CHART-8.4
NO. OF MARRIED SUICIDE VICTIMS IN HP AND THEIR
%AGE AGAINST TOTAL CASES DURING -2008& 2009
800 628
200
0
2008 2009
Year
Total cases Married Victims
Analysis of the above table reveals that the most of the suicide
victims belong to the group who has studied upto the Matric/+2 level
(53.23% in 2008 & 55.35 % in 2009 ). These are followed by those who
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CHART-8.5
NO. OF SUICIDE VICTIMS CO-RELATING WITH EDUCATIONAL
STATUS AND THEIR % AGE AGAINST TOTAL CASES DURING
2008& 2009
700 628
560
600
No. of Suicide Cases & their %
500
400 333 (53.02%) 310(55.35%)
300
200 145
100
100
0
2008 2009
Year
Total cases Matric/+2 Middle
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The causes that top the list which led to suicides are
Family problems (18.63% in 2008 and 17.85% in 2009), followed by
illness (15.28% in 2008 and 12.5% in 2009).
CHART-8.6
NO. OF SUICIDE VICTIMS CO-RELATING WITH ‘FAMILY
PROBLEMS’ & ‘ILLNESS’ AS CAUSES AND THEIR %AGE
AGAINST TOTAL CASES DURING -2008 & 2009
700 628
560
No. of Suicide Cases & their %
600
500
400
300
127 100
200 96 96
(18.63%) (17.85%)
(15.28%) (12.5%)
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0
2008 2009
Year
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Age % % % %
Fe- Fe-
Group Male against against Male against against
male male
Total Total Total Total
Upto 14
6 0.96 10 1.59 5 0.89 11 1.96
Yrs
15-29 138 21.97 103 16.40 126 22.5 84 15.0
700 628
560
No. of Suicide Cases & their %
600
500 413(65.76%) 393 (70.18%)
400
300
200
100
0
2008 2009
Year
Total cases Age 15-44
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500
400
300
93 87 79 94
200 (14.81%) (13.85%) (14.1%) (16.78%)
100
0
2008 2009
Year
Total cases In Service Males House wives
CHART-8.9
NO. OF SUICIDE VICTIMS CO-RELATING WITH ‘POISON’ &
‘HANGING’ AS MEANS ADOPTED AND THEIR %AGE AGAINST
TOTAL CASES DURING THE YEARS-2008&2009
600
500
400
282 (44.90%)
300 234 (41.78%)
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8.11. Conclusions:
(i) There has been a decrease in the suicide cases, both in
male & female cases during the year 2009 as against the
year 2008.
(ii) The districts of Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kinnuar and Una
were found more prone to suicidal deaths as compared to
the other 8 districts of the state.
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TABLE 8.1
1 Bilaspur 67 24 91
2 Chamba 1 7 8
3 Hamirpur 60 31 91
4 Kangra 48 42 90
5 Kinnaur 18 7 25
6 Kullu 2 4 6
7 L/Spiti 0 1 1
8 Mandi 70 24 94
9 Shimla 23 14 37
10 Sirmaur 15 10 25
11 Solan 33 20 53
12 Una 29 10 39
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MAP-8.1
SUICIDES – 2009
Chamba
Kangra
Kullu
Hamirpur
Una Mandi
Kinnaur
Bilaspur
Shimla
Solan
Sirmaur
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TABLE 8.2
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