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Maharashtra tops India's suicide chart with 18,916 cases in 2019
Updated On: 02 September, 2020 06:38 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
A total of 22,390 suicides were reported from the 53 mega cities of the country in 2019
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A total of 1,39,123 suicides were reported in the country in 2019, showing an increase of 3.4 per cent in comparison to 2018, and the rate of suicide has increased by 0.2 per cent during 2019 over 2018, NCRB data revealed.
According to NCRB, majority of the suicides were reported in Maharashtra (18,916), followed by Tamil Nadu (13,493), West Bengal (12,665), Madhya Pradesh (12,457) and Karnataka (11,288) accounting for 13.6 per cent, 9.7 per cent, 9.1 per cent, 9.0 per cent and 8.1 per cent of total suicides, respectively.
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