Suicide rates among Indians age 15-29 are the highest in the world, according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The most recent numbers available from 2012 show it as the leading cause of death among young women in India, and rates in the nation’s southern states were 10 times higher than those in northern states during that year. A death from suicide occurs roughly every 40 seconds globally and causes more than 800,000 deaths annually. India alone accounted for nearly 260,000 suicide deaths in 2012, across all age groups, reports CNN, though young adults and teens were at a particular risk. Suicide has surpassed childbirth in India as the leading cause of death among young women for the first time, says the WHO report. Roughly 75 percent of suicides occur in middle- and low-income countries, and only 28 countries are currently known to have strategies for prevention. Among the most common methods globally are firearms, hanging and pesticide poisoning and data collected from multiple developed countries suggests that limited access to such means can help to prevent suicides.

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