Abstract
Suicide in India: a complex public health tragedy in need of a plan
Highlights
Suicide is a major public health problem, with farreaching socioeconomic, political, and emotional consequences
Southeast Asia accounts for roughly 40% of the estimated 800 000 annual suicide deaths globally,[1] and is the frontline for delivering on the aspirational Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of a one-third reduction in the suicide death rate (SDR) by 2030
In India, the official suicide rate for 2015 published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India was 10·6 per 100 000 population, similar to the global average of 11·4 per 100 000 population[1] and equating to 133 623 deaths registered as suicides.[2]
Summary
Suicide is a major public health problem, with farreaching socioeconomic, political, and emotional consequences. Suicide in India: a complex public health tragedy in need of a plan The paper by Rakhi Dandona and colleagues,[4] reported in The Lancet Public Health, uses data from the Global Burden of Disease study to provide much needed estimations of SDRs across India from 1990 to 2016.
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