Highest Female Suicide Rate Is Of Indian Women In The World

Approximately two in every five women in the world who commit suicide are Indian. The United Kingdom's medical journal found that although the rate of female suicide in India has decreased- representing 36.6 per cent of global female suicide deaths- it has not fallen as fast as rest of the world. The report also assessed that the females who commit suicide in India are more likely to be married , in their mid 30s and from more developed states. It shows girls are in serious trouble in India. The specialists suggested the highly patriarchal culture in India, domestic violence and trend of early marriages as the root cause of suicide rate- which ate three times higher than what might be predicted for a country with similar geography and socio-economic indicators. Social norms in India are very regressive. In villages, a girl is called her father's daughter, then she is her husband's wife and when she has a son, she is her son's mother. In a research carried out by public health group, 62 % of surveyed women believed it was appropriate for their husbands to beat them. The disproportionately high suicide deaths in India are a public health crisis. About 25 per cent of male suicides around the world occures in India, roughly the same as in 1998. Adding to public health crisis, suicide becomes the leading cause of death for young people in India, Since suicide had been decriminalised, it is possible that the rate could be much higher than reported by families or doctors in fear of disgrace or to avoid police interference, the report said.