Hyderabad, September 10: Every year World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on September 10 to pledge for preventing the incidents of suicides across the world.
According to a report daily 3 thousand people end their life. Every year more than one million people commit suicide. According to Global mortality rate a suicidal death occurs every 30 seconds. According to WHO, India has the highest suicide rate in the world. According to an estimate 1 lakh 20 thousand people commit suicide every year while 40 thousand attempt suicide and 40 percent of them are under the age of 30 years.
The rate of suicide in Andhra Pradesh is 2nd in the country next to West Bengal. The 2010 crime report indicates that on an average, there are 43 suicides in AP every day, of which three suicides occur in Cyberabad. Between April and June 2010, 52 students committed suicide due to academic pressure. An incident of suicide occurred every 3 minutes in India. Depression and frustration are the main causes of suicide.
By paying attention towards such people the NGO Roshni works for the prevention of suicide incidents. The organization was set up 19 years ago.
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