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Of these, 5 out of 29 states accounted for 10,486 farmers suicides (76%) – Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. [7] In 2011, a total of 135,585 people died by suicide, of which 14,027 were farmers. [79] In 2010, 15,963 farmers in India died by suicide, while total suicides were 134,599. [80]
Suicide in India is a national social issue. In the year 2020, India recorded 153,052 suicides, an increase of 10% from 2019's 139,123 suicides. This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to suicide rate as on 2020.
Films about farmers' suicides in India (19 P) Pages in category "Farmers who died by suicide in India" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
NCRB ANSI 2002 shows on p13/19 that of all 110,417 people who committed suicide in India that year, "16.3 per cent were engaged in Farming / Agriculture activities". That means that about 18000 farmers committed suicide in 2002. From Census 2001 data, we know that there were 127.6 million self-employed farmers in India near that time.
These individuals typically commit suicide using pesticides. [10] In fact, farmers in some rural parts of India are twice as likely to commit suicide than urban Indians. [10] From 1997 to 2012, over 180,000 farmers committed suicide in India due to the burden of debt. [5] In 2016, there were over 11,000 suicides by Indian farmers. [29]
Ms Walters, who works for the Farmers Safety Foundation, which campaigns on mental health and safety for farmers aged between 16 to 40, warned farmers work intensely long hours and it can be ...
Regarding suicide methods in India, hanging is the primary method of suicide in India and has shown increasing trends among both males and females between 2001-2021. [17] [18] Pesticide poisoning rates observed a downward trend, especially over 2011–2014 following a national ban on endosulfan (a commonly available pesticide). [19]
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported ...