Bengaluru: More than 10,600 people died because they committed suicide because they were unemployed, poor, or, because of bankruptcy and debt in 2020, recorded an increase of 8% compared to 9,881 death by suicide which was associated with this collectively in 2019.
The latest government Statistics about this problem show that on average, more than one person died by suicide every hour because of this cause in 2020.
While the number of suicides due to bankruptcy or debt was reduced to 5,213 in 20,908 in the previous year, deaths as a result of poverty and unemployment Both of them recorded an increase.
If a decrease in death by suicide because bankruptcy is 11%, an increase in deaths from poverty rose 69% to 1,901 by 2020 of 1.122 in 2019, while suicide because of a close (3,548 of 2,851).
Of the 10,622 deaths associated with this cause collectively by 2020, associated with bankruptcy and debt will reach almost half (49%), while the third of them (3,548) is due to unemployment.
Poverty encourages 1,901 people to commit suicide.
Psychiatrist Toi spoke to show that both “have and notes” were influenced by financial uncertainty, especially if they had a family.
They said that in many cases, those who live a decent life and now the same shortcomings seem less able to overcome these uncertainty.
Suicide associated with this cause together contributed 7% of the total number of suicides – more than 1.5 lakh – reported in the country in the Pandemic year.
A relative, they accounted for 8% of 1.3 lakh suicide reported in 2019.
More than 45K deaths since 2015 data since 2015 showed that a total of 45,406 people died of suicide because of the causes related to bankruptcy accounting for almost 65% or 29,218 death, followed by unemployment (36% or 16,565 cases).
While ignorance and social stigma (about mental health problems) prevent people in general from seeking treatment, psychiatrists say that in these cases individuals who are severely depressed also find it financially cannot consult with experts.
Data shows that while there are some fluctuations in cases related to each of these causes individually, collectively, they have increased every year after 2016 (see Graph).
That year, total suicide for these reasons have dropped by 18% to touch 7,179.
From there, it jumped 22% in 2017, with 2% in 2018, 11% in 2019 and 8% in 2020, the year with the highest death in that period.
Age & State analysis of suicide because of this cause by 2020, most of the deaths, not surprisingly, occurred in the age group of 30-44 years followed by those aged 18 and 29 years.
The least death is among those who are under 18 years and over 60 years.
Those aged between 30 years and 44 years contributed nearly 40% of the suicide (4,218), while they were 18 years old but under 30 years contributed 29% (3,065).
Furthermore, almost 70% or 7,415 from all suicides were reported in four southern countries – Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh – and Maharashtra.
When it comes to death related to bankruptcy, nearly nine of the 10 deaths reported in these countries, while it was 53% for poverty death and 50.5% for death due to unemployment.