Gulbarga: The incidence of suicide in the country increased by 37.8 per cent from 1992 to 2002. The number of suicides increased each year during the decade except 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2001.

According to the results of a study by the National Crime Records Bureau, released now, on the pattern and incidence of suicide from 1992 to 2002, population increase during the period was 21.1 per cent. The number of suicides was 80,149 in 1992, and it went up to 1,10,417 in 2002.

Official sources said that according to the study, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu accounted for 56.8 per cent of the total suicides reported in the country in 2002. Although Uttar Pradesh had the highest population among all the States, it accounted for only 3.9 per cent of the total number of suicides. Maharashtra accounted for 13.2 per cent, followed by West Bengal (11.8 per cent), Karnataka (11.1 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (10.6 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (10.2 per cent). The sources said illness (23.5 per cent) and family problems (22.7) per cent were the major reasons for suicide.

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