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Suicide by pesticide most common method to end life: WHO report
For more than 8,00,000 people who end their
lives each year around the world, pesticide poisoning is the most commonly used
method, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said in its
recent nations to frame an effective, comprehensive multi-sectoral
suicide prevention strategy to ensure restricting access to the means of
suicide particularly impulsive suicide — as it gives those contemplating
suicide more time to reconsider. Methods of suicide vary significantly from
region to region, and pesticide poisoning is most common in rural regions where
the chemicals are readily available. Around 30 per cent of the global suicides
are due to pesticides self-poisoning. The other most common methods are hanging
and firearms. In India, in 2012, 258,075 people committed suicide with 99,977
women and 158,098 men taking their own lives. India's suicide rate was 21.1 per
1,00,000 people, according to a WHO report. Read more at : http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/suicide-by-pesticide-most-common-method-to-end-life-who-report.html
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