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In 1997 the number of suicides reported in Canada is 3941 The number of males is 3093 The number of females is 848 The normal yardstick is suicides per 100,000 of population. The above results in 14 persons per 100,000 of population For more information see http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/health01.htm For India as a whole the number appears to be 11 per 100,000 of population. see:http://listserv.indnet.org/cgi/wa.cgi?A2=ind02&L=reference&F=&S=&P=3957 (The number is quite surprising - would have expected to see a higher rate judging from press reports.) Bangalore City tops in suicide rate From Shruba Mukherjee DH News Service NEW DELHI, Nov 16 Bangalore has the highest rate of suicides among the cities in India and Karnataka has the dubious distinction of holding the second position among the States, according to a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report. Bangalore tops the list with 17 per cent, followed by Mumbai (14 per cent), Chennai (11 per cent) and Delhi (7.5 per cent). These cities account for nearly 50 per cent of the total suicides in the country, the report titled Suicide Prevention: Emerging from Darkness published by WHO (South-East Asia region), said. With a rate of 11 per 1,00,000 per year, an increase from six per 1,00,000 during the 1980s, India has the second highest rate of suicides in the region. While 89,000 people committed suicide in 1995, the number rose to 96,000 in 1997 and to 1,04,000 in 1998, an increase of 25 per cent compared to the previous year. During 1988-98, suicides increased by a staggering 33.7 per cent. The following may also help to understand the situation in Goa: http://www.ucanews.com/~ucasian/our/id0127.htm UCAN Report: ID0127.0976 Issued on: May 22, 1998 INDIA GOA CHRISTIANS HELP EASE ACADEMIC STRESS ON CHILDREN PANAJI, GOA (UCAN) -- Reacting to students running away or even committing suicide after academic failure, Christians in the western Indian state of Goa have initiated a telephone helpline to help reduce academic stress. A.C. Afonso, who initiated the Students' Helpline in this former Portuguese colony, said he and other teachers attribute the alarming behavior to "insensitive parents who expect just too much" from their children. A graduate student hanged himself last year after friends told him that he had failed an examination, though later reports indicated that he had passed. His mother admitted pushing him to achieve academic excellence, said Afonso. JJD'S http://www.ucanews.com/~ucasian/our/id0127.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Kurzon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 4:15 AM Subject: [Goanet] (no subject) > > > [Rico, I hope this is OK -- it's plain text] > > > Over the last 100 days (from December 9 2002 till March 19, 2003), I have > been taking note of suicides in Goa, as reported in the daily news extracts > we get from Joel D'Souza. > > The following figures appear: > > In these 100 days, there have been 27 suicides (just over one every 4 > days) -- 17 were males and 10 females. > The average age of male suicides is 33.64 and of female suicides 28.8. The > overall average age is 31.85. > The youngest make suicide was 18 and the oldest 56, while the youngest > female suicide was 16 and the oldest 53. > > I am not a sociologist, neither a psychologist. But I find these figures > disturbing. > Comments? > > Prof. Dennis Kurzon > > Department of English > University of Haifa > Israel 31905 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: 972-4-8240532 > fax: 972-4-8249711 > > http://english.haifa.ac.il/staff/dKurzon.htm _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet