SITI: Suicide Insights and Trends in India Dashboard
The SITI dashboard consolidates the official data on suicides published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) reports. The dashboard presently has data from 1967-2024.
You can learn more about the dashboard here: About SITI
Demographic Breakdown of Suicides
About the visualisation
This visualisation presents a comprehensive demographic analysis of suicide cases over time, highlighting patterns across age groups, gender, education levels, income categories, marital status, occupations, causes, and methods of suicide. It provides a multidimensional perspective on the socio-economic and behavioural factors associated with suicide trends.
Note(s) on the data:
- The years for which data is available and unavailable for each category are indicated under the respective category heading.
- For the year 2012, West Bengal did not provide disaggregated data for some categories such as cause and profession. Totals of these sub-categories do not match with total suicides.
- Minor discrepancies in the data for 1984, 2008, 2012, and 2014 mean that the total across causes does not equal the reported total number of suicides.
Number of Suicides and Suicide Rates across India
About the visualisation
This visualisation shows total suicides in India over the years along with the rate of suicides. The rate has been gradually climbing over the years.
Number of Suicides and Suicide Rates by State
About the visualisation
This visualisation displays historical suicide rates across Indian states. Users can select different years to explore and compare suicide rates and total suicide cases across regions.
Suicides by Age and Gender
About the visualisation
This visualisation depicts suicides by age and gender, showing a large burden of suicides on youth in India.
Note(s) on the data:
- The age-group classifications used in the ADSI reports vary across the years. Consistent age-group categories are available only since the year 2014. Therefore, the age-wise visualisations in this dashboard include data only from 2014 onwards.
Causes of Suicides
About the visualisation
These visualisations depict the causes of suicide over time, enabling users to explore trends and patterns across different reported causes and compare their prevalence across years.
Note(s) on the data:
- Certain cause categories have undergone changes in classification over time. For example, illness (previously reported as dreadful disease) and insanity were reported as separate categories before 2001. Since 2001, insanity/mental illness has been included under the broader illness category.
- Minor discrepancies are present in the data for the years 1984, 2008, 2012, and 2014.
- Cause data is not available for 2002.
Methods of Suicides
About the visualisation
The visualisations depict methods adopted for suicide over the years.
Suicides by Income Category
About the visualisation
These visualisations analyse suicide trends across different income categories over time, highlighting the disproportionate concentration of cases among lower-income groups. They clearly show the impact of economic vulnerabilities on suicide trends.
Suicides by Education Level
About the visualisation
These visualisations analyse suicide trends across education levels, indicating that lower levels of education are associated with more suicides.
Note(s) on the data:
- Education data is not available for the years 2001-2003.
Suicides by Profession
About the visualisation
The visualisations depict the professions of people who have died by suicide.
Note(s) on the data:
- Profession data is not available from 2001-2003.
- In 2012, profession data for West Bengal is unavailable, resulting in a discrepancy between total suicides and the sum of profession-wise figures.
Suicides by Marital Status
About the visualisation
These visualisations show trends in suicides as per marital status.
Note(s) on the data:
- Marital status data is not available for 2001-2003.
