List of states and union territories of India by suicide rate
Suicide in India is a national social issue. In the year 2015, India recorded 1,33,623 suicides, an increase of 1.4% from 2014's 1,31,666 suicides. This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to suicide rate as on 2015. The rate is calculated as number of suicides per 1 lakh (100,000) people. The list is compiled from the 2015 Suicidal Deaths in India report published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India[1]
Top three States with highest suicide rates are Puducherry, Sikkim and Andaman and Nicobar Islands respectively, while Bihar recorded lowest suicide rates.[2][3]
| S.No | State | Suicide Rate (per 1 lakh) 2015[4] | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 12.1 | 16 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 10.4 | 20 |
| 3 | Assam | 10.0 | 21 |
| 4 | Bihar | 0.5 | 36 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 27.7 | 4 |
| 6 | Goa | 15.4 | 12 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 11.6 | 19 |
| 8 | Haryana | 13.0 | 15 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 7.7 | 24 |
| 10 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3.0 | 31 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 2.5 | 32 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 17.4 | 10 |
| 13 | Kerala | 21.6 | 8 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 13.3 | 14 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 14.2 | 13 |
| 16 | Manipur | 1.4 | 34 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 6.2 | 27 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 11.7 | 18 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 0.9 | 35 |
| 20 | Odisha | 9.7 | 22 |
| 21 | Punjab | 3.6 | 30 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 4.8 | 28 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 37.5 | 2 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 22.8 | 7 |
| 25 | Telangana | 27.7 | 5 |
| 26 | Tripura | 19.6 | 9 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 1.8 | 33 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 4.5 | 29 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 15.7 | 11 |
| 30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 28.9 | 3 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 6.9 | 25 |
| 32 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 25.4 | 6 |
| 33 | Daman and Diu | 11.8 | 17 |
| 34 | Delhi | 8.8 | 23 |
| 35 | Lakshwadeep | 6.3 | 26 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 43.2 | 1 |
Notes
- ↑ "Suicidal Deaths in India, 2015" (PDF). NCRB, Government of India. 2015. p. 15. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Bihar records Lowest Suicide Rate among all States of India". news.biharprabha.com. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ Sanjiv Phansalkar (29 March 2017). "Why Bihar Sees Fewer Farmer Suicides Than More Developed States". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ↑ "Chapter 2, Suicides in India" (PDF). Government of India. National Crime Records Bureau. 2015. p. 15. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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