Volume : X, Issue : III, March - 2020

Socio-demographic profile of elderly who committed suicide in a district of Central India.

Dr Kumar Bijyendra Sourabh, Dr Lovely Kumari, Dr Abhishek Ingole, Dr Abhay Gaidhane, Dr Abhay Mudey

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Background– The 21st Century is often called as the ―Age of Ageing. The elderly population has grown considerably due to increase in the life expectancy of people and decrease in fertility rates, achieved primarily because of medical interventions. But in the elderly population, the health problems are complicated to a greater extent by the social, economic and psychosocial interaction, as compared to the younger population. The lethality of method of suicide is very high among the elderly and it is more likely to be missed due to their indirect method of communication regarding the suicide intent. Methodology – A community based cross– sectional study was conducted in Wardha district of Central India from July 2015 to October 2017. The study participants were the survivors of suicide. Result– It was found in the study that out of the 71 elderly who committed suicide 56.3 % elderly were in the age group of 60–69 years, 38.0 % were educated up to primary level, while 29.6 % were illiterate and only 05.6 % had education of high school or above. Majority of the deceased were farmers (35.2 %) and labourer (33.8 %).

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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF ELDERLY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE IN A DISTRICT OF CENTRAL INDIA., Dr Kumar Bijyendra Sourabh, Dr Lovely Kumari, Dr Abhishek Ingole, Dr Abhay Gaidhane, Dr Abhay Mudey INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-3 | March-2020

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