Telangana recorded a 6% increase in suicides in 2023, with 10,580 deaths compared to 9,980 in 2022, NCRB data shows. Family-related problems accounted for 44% of cases, while mental and physical illnesses were the second leading cause.

Hyderabad: Telangana has recorded a sharp increase of six percent in the number of suicides in 2023 when compared to 2022, according to recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)-2023 statistics have indicated.

The total number of suicides increased from 9,980 in 2022 to 10,580 in 2023, placing Telangana sixth in the country for the absolute number of people who died by suicide

Telangana accounted for 6.2 per cent of the 1,71,418 suicides reported across the country in 2023. The State’s suicide rate, at 27.7 per lakh population, is significan

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