Recently NCRB released the data of
Suicides in 2014.
‘Other Family Problems’ and ‘Illness’ were
the major causes of suicides among the specified causes, accounting for 21.7%
and 18.0% respectively of total suicides. ‘Marriage Related Issues’ (5.1%),
‘Love Affairs’ (3.2%), ‘Drug Abuse/Addiction’ (2.8%), ‘Bankruptcy or
Indebtedness’ and ‘Failure in Examination’ both accounted for 1.8% each,
‘Unemployment’ (1.7%), ‘Poverty’ (1.3%), ‘Property Dispute’ (0.8%), ‘Death of
Dear Person’ (0.7%) were other causes of suicides given in Table–2.4
But when we study the data more carefully it shows us a picture of our country
which is very dreadful, where man is finding difficult to survive and opting
for suicide.
Times of India wrote about it
·
The data show, overall
66% of all suicides were committed by married people.
·
In 18-30 year age
group, 60% of victims were men. In 30-45 years age group, about 72% victims
were men, while in 45-60 years age group, men accounted for almost 80% of the
victims.
Let us analyze the data more deeply, below are the reasons for suicide
in our country.
Below table data is copied from-
Table 2(E) Age and Gender wise
distribution of Suicides during 2014 (Cause wise)
CAUSE
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
TOTAL
|
MALE%
|
FEMALE%
|
Bankruptcy or
Indebtedness |
2098
|
210
|
2308
|
90.9
|
9.0
|
Marriage Related Issues
|
2362
|
4411
|
6773
|
34.8
|
65.1
|
Love Affairs
|
2441
|
1727
|
4168
|
58.5
|
41.44
|
Other Family problems
|
18623
|
9977
|
28600
|
65.1
|
34.8
|
Poverty
|
1419
|
280
|
1699
|
83.5
|
16.4
|
Unemployment
|
1965
|
242
|
2207
|
89.0
|
10.9
|
Professional/Career
Problem |
792
|
111
|
903
|
87.7
|
12.2
|
Causes Not Known
|
11308
|
4955
|
16263
|
69.5
|
30.4
|
Insanity/Mental Illness
|
4761
|
2341
|
7102
|
67.0
|
32.9
|
Other Prolonged Illness
|
10425
|
4992
|
15417
|
67.6
|
32.3
|
Total of all causes
|
89129
|
42521
|
131650
|
67.7
|
32.2
|
The table shows man suicide more in every cause except one. If we
leave “marriage related issues” to be discussed later we will find all the
issues only effecting man. Bankruptcy, Poverty, Unemployment and
Professional/Career problem, these all problems are mostly for man. This is why
around 85-90% victims are men.
Mental Illness and prolonged disease is a cause for the suicide for
men in almost double then women.
There is huge number 11308 in which causes of death for men were not
known whereas this cause has just 4992 cases of women. Due to Section 304B IPC
every death of women is perceived as dowry death if happens within 7 years of
marriage, whereas there is no such sections in IPC for man. So in case of women,
cause is considered known that’s why less number of cases of women in this
cause.
Very disturbing is 18623 man committing suicide due to “other family
problems”. We will discuss it later what are these other problems.
First let us come to the “Marriage related Issues” of suicide, it is
divided into five types as below-
Below table data is copied from
-
Table 2.4 Distribution of
Suicides by Causes – 2014 (All India)
CAUSE
|
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
TOTAL
|
MALE%
|
FEMALE%
|
Marriage Related Issues (Total)
|
2362
|
4411
|
6773
|
34.8
|
65.1
|
(i) Non Settlement of Marriage
|
490
|
606
|
1096
|
44.7
|
55.2
|
(ii) Dowry Related Issues
|
39
|
2222
|
2261
|
1.7
|
98.2
|
(iii) Extra Marital affairs
|
227
|
249
|
476
|
47.6
|
52.3
|
(iv) Divorce
|
150
|
183
|
333
|
45.0
|
54.9
|
(v) Others
|
1456
|
1151
|
2607
|
55.8
|
44.1
|
Except the second cause of “dowry related issues” every cause in this
has almost equal number of cases for men suicide. The high number of cases for
women in this cause is because every death of women is first considered as
dowry death and reported under the section 304B of IPC also called dowry death.
Section 304B IPC has 94% charge sheeting rate, 3 persons per case arresting and
still 32.3% conviction rate according to the data of NCRB published in 2013.
Now let us analyze what those figures of 18623 suicides of
married man under the cause “other family problems” correlates to. If we see the data of cases of those accused
in cases of IPC 304B, 498a IPC and domestic violence we will find a correlation
of these suicides. We will find #498a accusation correlates to suicides of
married men.
These links will give more details –
#Husband suicide
Martyrs of Marriage
Scrap 498a
But due to lack of maintenance of data for the cause of death of
married men, this remains unexplored. Most of the suicides of men are termed as
family problems and no punishment is given to those who provoked a man to suicide,
where it is a crime under section 498a IPC against a women. According to this
law “any wilful conduct which is of such a nature as is likely to
drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life,
limb or health (whether mental or physical) of the woman” is a crime but
there is no such clause for men. A false case (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23fakecases&src=typdaccusation
) accusation is also driving a man to suicide but there is no law to protect men. Neither
there is a law for helping a men who is a victim of domestic violence nor there
is any men’s commission who take cares of rights of men.
Helpless
men so finding no other options left then to suicide because once accused in
criminal case like 498a IPC means the life is gone because it will take 12-15
years to complete the trial in those.
(Views are personal)
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