'Students are not taught life skills or how to manage emotions. Globalisation beginning in early 90's, Westernization of Indian society, breakdown of Indian values and the break up of the joint family system,opening up of indian society has caused students to lose hope and experience debilitating failures as a result of the huge clash of cultures and inability to cope with the same'
Student suicides accross the country in the last 4 years
Student suicides have increased 15.43% from 2006 to 2008 and 11.57% since 2008
2006----- 5857
2007------ 6248
2008----- 6060
2009 ----- 6761
State wise break up for 2009
West bengal 870
Maharashtra 812
Maharashtra and West BEngal account for 25% of student suicides in the country
Citywise distribution of suicides
Delhi ---148
Mumbai ----82
Bangalore----136
Kolkata ----21
Chennai----91
In 2009 every day 18 students committed suicide
In 2006 the figure was 16
The number of student suicides increased by 6% in 2007 and dipped by 3% in 2008
West bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka account for 55.1% suicides in the country
870 student suicides reported from west bengal in 2009 accounting for 5.9% of suicides in the state
wheras Uttarakhand had 40 student suicides accounting for 11.7% of suicides occuring in the state
No of suicides due to exam fear 2010
no of suicides below the age of 14 yrs---2951
no of suicides between 15 and 29 yrs---43920
348 suicides and 418 accidental deaths per day in India in 2009
Accidental deaths increased by 7.3% in 2009 s compared to 2008 while suicides rose by 1.7 % in 2009 as compared to 2008
Family problems, illness top reasons for suicide
Of 17, 368 farmer suicides in 2009 , an increase of 7% over 2008- Maharashtra accounted for 2872 and ranked no1 for the 10th year running.
Andhra PraDESH HAD 2414 FARMER SUICIDES, Karnataka had 2282,chattisgarh- 1802,Madhya Pradesh -1395
Tamil nadu reported the biggest increase from 512 in 2008 to 1060 in 2009
Aasra Suicide Prevention.This blog is about getting people to talk about their innermost feelings and emotions in times of distress and despair.All discussions are about the issue of suicide, mental health and it's effect on society. Aasra Helpline for the depressed and suicidal. 91-22-27546669(24x7)
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