India saw 1,35,445 Suicides in 2012

As many as 1,35,445 people committed suicide in the country last year. Statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that excluding West Bengal, 79,773 men and 40,715 women had taken the extreme step. West Bengal, where 14,957 suicides were reported, did not provide classification statistics to the NCRB

The rate of suicide in 2012 stands at 11.2 cases for a population of I lakh

15 suicides an hour or 371 suicides a day had taken place.

TN tops the list with 16,927 suicides, followed by Maharashtra with 16,112 suicides, West Bengal 3rd and Andhra Pradesh following it with 14,328 suicides.

The 28 States together accounted for 1,32,667 cases and the 7 Union Territories together for 2,778 suicides

As per NCRB statistics, 1,35,585 persons committed suicide in the country in 2011. NCRB statistics from 2002 shows that the annual suicide cases in the country always stood above the 1 lakh mark and the highest number of cases was in 2011