Evaluation of suicide rates in rural India using verbal autopsies, 1994-9

Joseph, Abraham; Abraham, Sunil; Muliyil, Jayaprakash; George, Kelley; Prasad, Jasmin Helan; Minz, Shantidani; Abraham, Vinod Joseph; Jacob, K. S.

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7399.1121

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“…We see that the main results persist and that the estimated effects are large, where the increase in the proportion of suicides attributed to family problems is more than 25 percent for both males and 22 These studies are typically conducted by health care workes and rely on verbal autopsy data. Soman et.…”

Section: Family Conflict As a Channelmentioning

confidence: 90%

Suicide and Property Rights in India

Anderson¹,

Genicot²

2014

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This paper studies the impact of female property rights on male and female suicide rates in India. Using state level variation in legal changes to women's property rights, we show that better property rights for women are associated with a decrease in the difference between female and male suicide rates, but an increase in both male and female suicides. We conjecture that increasing female property rights increased conflict within household and this increased conflict resulted in more suicides among both men and women in India. Using individual level data on domestic violence we find evidence that increased property rights for women did increase the incidence of wife beating in India. A model of intra-household bargaining with asymmetric information and costly conflict is consistent with these ˝findings.Siwan Anderson UBC

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Section: Family Conflict As a Channelmentioning

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Suicide and Property Rights in India

Anderson¹,

Genicot²

2014

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“…In Asia, suicide rates are higher in the South Asian region [30]. Suicide rates in India vary between 8.1 and 58 per 100,000, depending on the state or region within a state [31]. In Sri Lanka, the rate was found to be exceptionally high at 37 per 100,000 population [32] [33].…”

Section: Suicidal Behaviours In Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In India, suicide rates vary between 8.1 and 58 per 100,000 across states [31]. The rate found in Sri Lanka at 37 per 100,000 population [32] [33] is the highest recorded.…”

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Suicidal Behaviour in Bangladesh: A Scoping Literature Review and a Proposed Public Health Prevention Model

Shahnaz¹,

Bagley²,

Simkhada³

et al. 2017

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The objectives of this review are to explore through a scoping analysis of published literature, the prevalence of suicidal ideation, attempts and suicide, and the correlates and presumed causes of such behaviours in Bangladesh, in order to develop a model of public health research and prevention. This type of review aims to contextualise existing knowledge, set it within a practice and policy context, and make recommendations for health care service delivery and evaluation. The evidence indicates an unusual pattern of completed suicide rates, those most at risk being younger women. The rate in adolescent girls is exceptionally high by international standards, and appears to reflect poverty, the low status of women, violence directed against girls and women, and forced marriages of young, teenage girls.

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“…How many of these cases are a result of poisoning with pesticides is not known. However, poisoning is the most common form of fatal self-harm, such as suicides, in rural Asia, accounting for over 60% of all deaths (Somasundaram & Rajadurai, 1995;Phillips, Li et al, 2002;Joseph, Abraham et al, 2003) and is of far greater importance than hanging and other physical forms of self-harm. Furthermore, a review of poisoning studies reveals that pesticides are the most common way of self-poisoning in many rural areas and are associated with a high mortality rate (Eddleston, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%