15 Most Suicidal Cities in India

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4. Chennai

Suicide rate per 100,000 people: 28.31

It is the third most populous city in India with 8.6 million people and also has the highest number of suicides in the country with 2,450 people taking their own lives in just one year. The extremely high rate is close to being triple the national average, and has led to grave concerns as well. Over 1,750 of the suicides were committed by males with people between the age of 30-44 committing the most suicides among all the age groups.

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