Suicide in Sri Lanka

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Suicide in Sri Lanka is a common cause of unnatural death and a long term social issue.

Statistics

According to a report published in a seminar by Dr. Neil Fernando, head of National Institute of Mental Health in September 2011, almost 4,000 people commit suicide in Sri Lanka every year. Fernando's statistics shows the majority of victims were aged 15 to 44.^[1] According to the statistics of Registrar General’s office, at the time of independence (1948) suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 09 per 100,000 people. In the 1970s, it rose up to 19 per 100,000, and in the mid 1980s, it reached 33 per 100,000. It remained static there afterwards.^[2]

Suicide rate

Common methods

Common methods to commit suicide include–

• Hanging
• Poisoning
• Jumping from height

See also

• Suicide in Bangladesh
• Suicide bombing in Sri Lanka

References