Trends and socio-economic determinants of suicide in India: 2001–2013

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 269-278

  Arya, Vikas ^a   Page, Andrew ^a   River, Jo ^b   Armstrong, Gregory ^c   Mayer, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Socio economic determinants; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85037631195     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-017-1466-x     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Vijayakumar L (2007) Suicide and its prevention: the urgent need in India. Indian J Psychiatry 49:81–84
2. Mayer P (2011) Suicide and society in India. Routledge, New York
3. Swanhuyser E (2016) Suicide deaths in India increasing at alarming rate. http://www.Humanosphere.org, http://www.humanosphere.org/global-health/2016/08/suicide-deaths-india-increasing-alarming-rate/. Accessed 10 Mar 2017
4. National Crime Records Bureau (1967–2013) Accidental deaths and suicides in India. Government of India, New Delhi. http://ncrb.nic.in/StatPublications/ADSI/PrevPublications.htm/. Accessed 15 Jan 2017
5. Joseph A, Abraham S, Muliyil P, George K, Prasad J, Minz S, Abraham V, Jacob K (2003) Evaluation of suicide rates in rural India using verbal autopsies, 1994–9. BMJ 326:1121–1122
6. Gajalakshmi V, Peto R (2007) Suicide rates in rural Tamil Nadu, South India: verbal autopsy of 39 000 deaths in 1997–98. Int J Epidemiol 36:203–207
7. Soman C, Safraj S, Kutty V, Vijayakumar K, Ajayan K (2009) Suicide in South India: a community-based study in Kerala. Int J Psychiatry 51:261–264
8. Joshi R, Guggilla R, Praveen D, Maulik P (2015) Suicide deaths in rural Andhra Pradesh—a cause for global health action. Trop Med Int Health 20:188–193
9. Rane A, Nadkarni A (2014) Suicide in India: a systematic review. Shanghai Arch Psychiatry 26:69–80
10. Staples J (2012) Introduction: suicide in South Asia: ethnographic perspectives. Contrib Indian Sociol 46:1–28
11. Patel V, Ramasundarahettige C, Vijayakumar L, Thakur J, Gajalakshmi V, Gururaj G, Suraweera W, Jha P (2012) Suicide mortality in India: a nationally representative survey. Lancet 379:2243–2351
12. Dandona R, Bertozzi-Villa A, Kumar A, Dandona L (2017) Lessons from a decade of suicide surveillance in India: who, why and how? Int J Epidemiol 1:dyw113
13. Stack S (2000) Suicide: a 15-year review of the sociological literature part II: modernization and social integration perspectives. Suicide Life Threat Behav 30:163–176
14. Milner A, Hjelmeland M, Arensman E, De Leo D (2013) Social-environmental factors and suicide mortality: a narrative review of over 200 articles. Sociol Mind 3:137–148
15. Vijayakumar L (2009) Suicide prevention in India: considering religion and culture. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 767–769
16. Thiel S (2011) Global anomie and India: a conceptual approach. Indian J Asian Aff 24:17–34
17. Page A, Liu S, Gunnell D, Astell-Burt T, Feng X, Wang L, Zhou M (2017) Suicide by pesticide poisoning remains a priority for suicide prevention in China: analysis of national mortality trends 2006–2013. J Affect Disord 208:418–423
18. State of Literacy. Census of India (2011) http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf. Accessed 10 Apr 2017
19. Employment and Unemployment Situation in India, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (2011–12) http://mospi.nic.in/sites/default/files/publication_reports/nss_report_554_31jan14.pdf. Accessed 2 Apr 2017
20. Religion Census 2011. Census of India (2011) http://www.census2011.co.in/religion.php. Accessed 5 Apr 2017
21. Arokiasamy P, Gautam A (2008) Neonatal mortality in the empowered action group states of India: trends and determinants. J Biosoc Sci 40(2):183–201
22. Sadanandan A (2014) Political economy of suicide: financial reforms, credit crunches and farmer suicides in India. J Dev Areas 48:287–307
23. Moller-LiemKuhler A (2003) The gender gap in suicide and premature death or: why are men so vulnerable? Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 253:1–8
24. Lester D, Gunn J, Quinnett P (2014) Suicide in men: how men differ from women in expressing their distress. Charles C Thomas, Illinois
25. World Health Organization (2011) Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year, and sex. WHO, Geneva
26. Hawton K (2000) Sex and suicide. Gender differences in suicidal behaviour. Br J Psychiatry 177:484–485
27. Khan M (2002) Suicide on the Indian subcontinent. CRISIS-TORONTO 23:104–107
28. Nordt C, Warnke I, Seifritz E, Kawohl W (2015) Modelling suicide and unemployment: a longitudinal analysis covering 63 countries, 2000–11. Lancet Psychiatry 2(3):239–245
29. Sivamurthy M, Wadakannavar A (2001) Care and support for the elderly population in India: results from a survey of the aged in rural North Karnataka (India). IUSSP general population conference, Salvador
30. Kumar S (2003) Economic security for the elderly in India: an overview. J Aging Soc Policy 15(2–3):45–65
31. Pal S, Palacios R (2011) Understanding poverty among the elderly in India: implications for social pension policy. J Dev Stud 47(7):1017–1037
32. Mukunth V (2014) Four charts show why India’s youth suicide rate is among the world’s highest. http://scroll.in/article/694364/four-charts-show-why-indias-youth-suicide-rate-is-among-the-worlds-highest. Accessed 20 May 2017
33. Rustagi P (2013) Changing patterns of labour force participation and employment of women in India. Indian J Labour Econ 56:215–241
34. Kimuna S, Djamba Y, Ciciurkaite G, Cherukuri S (2013) Domestic violence in India. J Interpers Violence 28:773–807
35. Paul S, Sridhar K (2013) The Paradox of India’s north–south divide. lessons from the states and the regions. Sage, Chennai
36. Kumar S, Verma A, Bhattacharya S, Rathore S (2013) Trends in rates and methods of suicide in India. Egypt J Forensic Sci 3(3):75–80
37. Salve H, Kumar R, Sinha S, Krishnan A (2013) Suicide an emerging public health problem: evidence from rural Haryana, India. Indian J Public Health 57(1):40
38. Retheesh Babu R (2010) Suicide: a disturbing factor in the ‘development model’ of Kerala, India. J Public Health 18(5):483–487
39. Manoranjitham S, Rajkumar A, Thangadurai P, Prasad J, Jayakaran R, Jacob K (2010) Risk factors for suicide in rural south India. Br J Psychiatry 196:26–30
40. Vijayakumar L, Rajkumar S (1999) Are risk factors for suicide universal? A case-control study from India. Acta Psychiatr Scand 99:407–411
41. Manoranjitham S, Charles H, Saravanan B, Jayakaran R, Abraham S, Jacob K (2007) Perceptions about suicide: a qualitative study from southern India. Natl Med J India 20:176–179
42. Mohanakumar S, Sharma R (2006) Analysis of farmer suicides in Kerala. Econ Polit Wkly 41:1553–1558
43. Sridhar V (2006) Why do farmers commit suicide? The case of Andhra Pradesh. Econ Polit Wkly 41:1559–1565
44. Jeromi P (2007) Farmers’ indebtedness and suicides impact of agricultural trade liberalization in Kerala. Econ Polit Wkly 42:3241–3247
45. Mitra S, Shroff S (2007) Farmers’ suicides in Maharashtra. Econ Polit Wkly 42:73–77
46. Mukherjee S (2009). Examining farmer suicides in India: a study of literature. MPRA, 2009 paper no. 35675. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35675/. Accessed 20 May 2017
47. Bhalla G, Singh G (2009) Economic liberalization and Indian agriculture: a statewise analysis. Econ Polit Wkly 44:34–44
48. Thakur B (2012). Declining share of agriculture sector in Gdp: a serious concern. Int J Eng Res Technol 1(8)
49. FICCI (2015) Labour in Indian agriculture: a growing challenge. http://ficci.in/spdocument/20550/FICCI-agri-Report%2009-03-2015.pdf. Accessed 25 Oct 2017
50. Venkatesh P (2013) Recent trends in rural employment and wages in India: has the growth benefitted the agricultural labours?. Agric Econ Res Rev 26:13–20
51. Behere P, Bhise M (2009) Farmers’ suicide: across culture. Indian J Psychiatry 51:242–243
52. Kishor S, Gupta K (2009). Gender equality and womens empowerment in India. National family health survey (NFHS-3) India 2005–06. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/OD57/OD57.pdf. Accessed 30 Oct 2017
53. Goli S, Maikho Apollo Pou L (2014) “Landholding-patriarchy hypothesis” and women’s autonomy in rural India: an exploration of linkage. Int J Soc Econ 41(3):213–232
54. Vijayakumar L (2009) Hindu religion and suicide in India. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention:a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 19–25
55. Fei W (2009) Cultural and religious traditions in China: the influence of Confucianism on suicide prevention. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 13–18
56. Kaneko Y, Yamasaki A, Arai K (2009) The Shinto religion and suicide in Japan. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 37–42
57. Baquedano G (2009) Maya religion and traditions: influencing suicide prevention in contemporary Mexico.Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 77–84
58. Okasha A, Okasha T (2009) Suicide and Islam. Oxford textbook of suicidology and suicide prevention: a global perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 49–55
59. Chen Y, Chien-Chang Wu K, Yousuf S, Yip P (2011) Suicide in Asia: opportunities and challenges. Epidemiol Rev 34(1):129–144
60. Norris P, Inglehart R (2004) Sacred and secular. Cambridge University Press, New York, p 221
61. Morgenstern H (1995) Ecologic studies in epidemiology: concepts, principles, and methods. Annu Rev Public Health 16(1):61–81
62. Van Poppel F, Day L (1996) A test of Durkheim’s theory of suicide—without committing the “Ecological fallacy”. Am Sociol Rev 61(3):500–507
63. Durkheim E (1897) On suicide. Translated by Robin Buss. Penguin Classics, London
64. Badami S (2014) Suicide as a counter-narrative in Wayanad, Southern India: the invisible death. South Asia Res 34(2):91–112
65. Kumar S (2004) An analysis of suicide attempters versus completers in Kerala. Indian J Psychiatry 46:144–149
66. Dhar A (2013) Births and deaths registration still low in India. The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/births-and-deaths-registration-still-low-in-india/article4630425.ece. Accessed 21 Apr 2017
67. Sauvaget C, Ramadas K, Fayette J, Thomas G, Thara S, Sankaranarayanan R (2009) Completed suicide in adults of rural Kerala: rates and determinants. Natl Med J India 22:228–233