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Suicide in Sri Lanka is a common cause of unnatural death and a long termsocial issue. In the past, Sri Lanka had one of the highestsuicide rates in the world. For several years before 2000, the suicide rate remained at 35 to 47 per 100,000 persons.^[1] The introduction in pesticide control regulations coincided with a reduction in suicide rates in Sri Lanka.^[2] Sri Lanka Federation for Suicide Prevention is an independent organisation working on suicide prevention in Sri Lanka.

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According to a report published in a seminar by Dr Neil Fernando, head of the National Institute of Mental Health in September 2011, almost 4,000 people die by suicide in Sri Lanka every year. Fernando's statistics show the majority of victims were aged 15 to 44.^[3]According to the statistics of the Registrar General's office, at the time of independence (1948) suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 9 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. The latest statistics for Sri Lanka show a suicide rate of 15 per 100,000.

Suicide rate

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Age group	Suicide rate/1,000 population
Age group	1950	1970	1975	1980	1986	1989	1996	1999
=<14	-	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02
15–24	0.10	0.42	0.430.63	0.63	0.55	0.45	0.41
25–44	0.09	0.27	0.25	0.40	0.48	0.49	0.47	0.49
45–64	0.10	0.24	0.23	0.28	0.34	0.37	0.35	0.38
65–74	0.21	0.44	0.41	0.40	0.49	0.47	0.55	0.55
75+	0.37	0.50	0.75	0.78	0.74	0.56	0.57	0.67
Source: Registrar General's Office^[4]

Common methods

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Common methods of suicide include:

Jumping in front of trains
Drinking pesticides
Hanging
Jumping into deep water bodies
Jumping from heights
Using lethal firearms
Drinking acids, fuels
Drug overdose

References

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^De Silva, H.J.; Kasturiaratchi, N.; Seneviratne, S.L.; Senaratne, D.C.; Molagoda, A.; Ellawala, N.S. (2000)."Suicide in Sri Lanka: points to ponder".Ceylon Medical Journal.45 (1):17–24.doi:10.4038/cmj.v45i1.7975.PMID 11006615. Retrieved4 December 2022.
^Knipe, Duleeka W; Metcalfe, Chris; Fernando, Ravindra; Pearson, Melissa; Konradsen, Flemming; Eddleston, Michael; Gunnell, David (December 2014)."Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975–2012: age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data".BMC Public Health.14 (1): 839.doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-839.PMC 4148962.PMID 25118074.
^"Sri Lanka suicide rate one of the world's highest". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved16 November 2012.
^"Social Conditions of Sri Lanka"(PDF). Statistics.gov. pp. 14–16. Retrieved16 November 2012.

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