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NCRB Data for 2019
Why is it in news?
- The annual National Crime Records Bureau report for 2019 was released recently.
Findings of the Report:
- The number of suicide cases and accidental deaths registered an increase across the country from the 2018 figures.
- Suicides in the country went up slightly from 1,34,516 to 1,39,123.
- The most cases of mass/family suicides were reported from Tamil Nadu (16), followed by Andhra Pradesh (14) and Kerala (11).
- The most suicides were of daily wage earners (29,092), followed by self-employed persons (14,319) and the unemployed (11,599).
- The most suicides by unemployed persons were in Kerala at 14% (1,963), followed by 8% in Maharashtra and 9.8% in Tamil Nadu.
- The suicide rate in cities (13.9%) was higher compared to the all-India average.
Accidental deaths:
- Accidental deaths in the country increased by 2.3%.
- Compared with 4,11,824 in 2018, the figure stood at 4,21,104 last year.
- The rate (per lakh population) increased from 31.1 to 31.5.
- The most casualties of 30.9% were reported in the 30-45 age group, followed by 26% in the 18-30 age group.
- Maharashtra reported the highest deaths (70,329), amounting to nearly one-sixth of the total figure.