April 24th, 2010
Hyderabad, April 23: More married men are ending their lives than married women, according to the latest statistics from the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB).
The state echoes the trend seen nationally. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 57,639 married men committed suicide as against 30,224 married women in 2008 in the country.
In Andhra Pradesh, 7,357 married men and 3,212 married women ended their lives.
Fewer unmarried men and women seem to have cause for ending their own lives — 1,533 men and 834 women statewide.
A senior police official of the SCRB says that financial problems and domestic tiffs are the most common reasons for suicides among men.
The ratio of male to female suicides for the year 2008 as per the National Crime Records Bureau is 64:36. The suicide ratio of boys and girls under 14 is 49:51.
While most men commit suicide due to social and economic problems, women are driven by emotional and personal issues.
Women are driven to suicides due to dowry disputes, pregnancy out of wedlock, physical abuse, rape, not having children, divorce, cancellation or non-settlement of marriage, and suspected extramarital affairs of their husbands.
Andhra Pradesh accounts for 11.5 per cent of suicides in the country, the third highest number of suicides in the country.
In all 14,354 persons ended their life in the state in 2008. West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are other states with a high number of suicides.
Vijayawada City posts an intriguing statistic — 41.7 per cent of suicides here are due to family problems.
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