Gujarat 2008 : 60 per cent of suicides were committed by men.

Suicide statistics from Gujarat for 2008 :
- 60 % of suicides were committed by men.
- 0.76% or less than 1% died due to dowry demand (47 out of 6165 )
- Married men were the most to die

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17 suicides a day in Gujarat in 2008: Report

TNN, Apr 14, 2010, 02.43am IST

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat reported 17 suicides everyday in 2008, out of which 60 per cent were committed by men. There is a significant rise in the number of suicides, according to a recently published report ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2008’ by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The report has many shocking results that mirror the social and psychological status of Gujarat. According to it, 6,165 suicides were reported in 2008 against 5,580 in 2007, an increase of 10.5 per cent. The all-India average is 2.2 per cent.

A large population group is married women having recorded 1,744 suicides in the year, making it nearly 30 per cent of total incidents. Overall highest numbers of suicide 4,477 also came from married persons. The state stands eighth in overall suicide rate.

The figures said that education and suicide has a correlation. The report showed that 22.6 per cent of the total persons committing suicide in Gujarat were uneducated, while 35.2 per cent had only completed primary school, 19.4 per cent had finished middle school. While 15.7 per cent had completed matriculation, only 5.2 per cent had attended high school, 1.4 per cent became graduates and just 0.1 per cent had done postgraduation.Love took a front seat in the reasons behind the deaths as 83 killed themselves after failed love affair against 47 who committed suicide due to dowry demands. Illness (24.1 per cent) and family problems (19.8 per cent) were other reasons for suicide.

Gaurang Jani, sociologist, told TOI that nuclear families have resulted into loss of support system. "During our studies, we have found out that the trend of suicide is prominent in nuclear families than traditional joint families. About the women, it can be clearly seen that there is a paradigm shift in education and aspirations of today’s women but the social fabric is the same. The suicides are byproducts of this conflict," he said.

In his study of 250 suicides reported in the period of three months of October, November and December by newspapers, 65 per cent were found to be women in the state, said Jani.

Comment : Surprise, surprise "these sociologists" do NOT state openly that men are dying more...and married men are dying more ... because of the torturous laws and "rabbid feminism" that is unleashed on men. The sociologists keep talking in abstract terms and somehow in "his" study more women have been scrutinized !


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