03-07-2025
Suicide is killing young Indians more than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease
Suicide is killing young Indians more than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease
Bansri Shah
Jul 3, 2025, 23:32 IST IST
One in six deaths among India's young is by suicide — a rate that hasn't budged in two decades. Are we underestimating the scale of this tragedy?
A recent study shows that of all the deaths in the age group 15 to 29 in India, one in six is due to suicide. The number, alarmingly high for a country with a very large young population, has remained stubbornly consistent over the past two decades.
This figure, drawn from the Sample Registration System (SRS) Cause of Death Report for 2020–2022, offers grim proof that India's youth are in crisis.