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SUICIDES OF WOMEN IN ANANTAPUR DISTRICT
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Author(s):
DR M. KALPANA KRISHNAIAH,
Vol - 5, Issue- 7 ,
Page(s) : 249 - 258
(2014 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
Abstract
Suicide deaths in general may occur on account of economic, social, cultural and psychological factors and have been occuring across space, time and cultures.
Suicide morality rate (SMR, suicide deaths per 100000 persons) in India increased by 35% from 7.8 in 1967 to 10.5 in 2001. SMR declined during the 1970s, for males in 1995 and 1996 and for females in 2000 and 2001. Between 1967 and 2001 the male/female SMR ratio has fluctuated in the range of 1.26-1.5, which is not as high as at the global level (3.3 in 1998). Across states/union territories, there is wide variation. In one extreme we have Pondicherry with SMR of 54.3 and Kerala with SMR of 30.1 and on the other extreme we have Bihar with SMR less than 1.0 and Lakshwadeep with no reported suicides.
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