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About 800,000 people commit suicide worldwide every year,〔(Suicide prevention (SUPRE) ) World Health Organization (2012)〕 of these 135,000 (17%) are residents of India,〔(Suicides in India ) The Registrar General of India, Government of India (2012)〕 a nation with 17.5% of world population. Between 1987 to 2007, the suicide rate increased from 7.9 to 10.3 per 100,000,〔Vijaykumar L. (2007), (Suicide and its prevention: The urgent need in India ), Indian J Psychiatry;49:81-84,〕 with higher suicide rates in southern and eastern states of India. In 2012, Tamil Nadu (12.5% of all suicides), Maharashtra (11.9%) and West Bengal (11.0%) had the highest proportion of suicides.〔 Among large population states, Tamil Nadu and Kerala had the highest suicide rates per 100,000 people in 2012. The male to female suicide ratio has been about 2:1.〔 Estimates for number of suicides in India vary. For example, one study projected 187,000 suicides in India in 2010, while official data by the Government of India claims 134,600 suicides in 2010.〔 According to WHO data, the age standardized suicide rate in India is 16.4 per 100,000 for women (6th highest in the world) and 25.8 for men (ranking 22th).〔(Suicide Rates - Data by country ). World Health Organization 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2015.〕 ==Definition== The Government of India classifies a death as suicide if it meets the following three criteria:〔(ADSI 2012 Annual Report ) Glossary, Government of India〕 * it is an unnatural death, * the intent to die originated within the person, * there is a reason for the person to end his or her life. The reason may have been specified in a suicide note or unspecified. If one of these criterion is not met, the death may be classified as death because of illness, murder or in another statistical category. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suicide in India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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