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: Received: 20 May 2023 / Approved: 26 May 2023 / Online: 26 May 2023 (05:07:16 CEST)
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Kumar, P.; Anupama, A. The COVID-19 Impact on Accidental Deaths and Suicide Incidence in India- A Comparative Study (1967-2022). Preprints2023, 2023051856. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1856.v1
Kumar, P.; Anupama, A. The COVID-19 Impact on Accidental Deaths and Suicide Incidence in India- A Comparative Study (1967-2022). Preprints 2023, 2023051856. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1856.v1
Kumar, P.; Anupama, A. The COVID-19 Impact on Accidental Deaths and Suicide Incidence in India- A Comparative Study (1967-2022). Preprints2023, 2023051856. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1856.v1
APA Style
Kumar, P., & Anupama, A. (2023). The COVID-19 Impact on Accidental Deaths and Suicide Incidence in India- A Comparative Study (1967-2022). Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1856.v1
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Kumar, P. and Advocate Anupama. 2023 "The COVID-19 Impact on Accidental Deaths and Suicide Incidence in India- A Comparative Study (1967-2022)" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1856.v1
Abstract
Globally 703 000 people commit suicide (4th leading cause of mortality among 15-29 year-olds, 1.4% of all deaths globally) every year, which have a negative effect on families, colleagues, and societies. India accounts for 36.6 percent of global suicide in women and 24.3 percent among men, while having only 17.8 percent of the global population, also remarkable fact is that the suicide ratio for female is 14.7 per 100,000 compared to 21.2 per 100,000 of male which is 2.1 times the global average in female, while 1.4 times higher for men. COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) pandemic has certainly affected the physical, mental, economical and social well being of global population directly or indirectly in different ways. Deteriorating physical, mental, economical and social health of an individual could increase the suicidal tendency, leading to accidents and suicide. This study tried to find out the COVID-19 pandemic situation impact on accidental death as well as suicide rates in India. The study period is from 1st January 1967 to 31st December 2021, to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic situation on suicide and accidental death rates. This study revealed that the suicide deaths percentage among males increased significantly in comparison to females in COVID-19 era and actual count and incidence also increased. This study revealed that the mean accidental death and suicide both increased during COVID period of study as compared to pre-pandemic whole period from 1967 by 25.47 % and 30.61% respectively. Alternatively we can say that the accidental death and suicides increased significantly in India, which is largely preventable.
Keywords
COVID-19; suicide; accident; pandemic; impact
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright:
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