suicide rates
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IS THE RATE OF SUICIDE INCREASING IN
PAKISTAN?
GROUP MEMBERS:Misbah Hemani
Mahrukh SaleemMariyam Khan
Rasheeda SohailSana Jamal
Thursday, April 13, 2023
ALJAZERA VIDEO
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND
SUICIDE Suicide Attempted suicide
Act of intentionally causing one's own death
Example: Euthanasia Murder–suicide Suicide attack Mass suicide Suicide pact
Failed suicide attempts Some are regarded as
not true attempts at all, but rather par suicide.
Usually attempted to affect another person by the behavior.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSETo map out and analyze the pattern of
SUICIDE AND ATEMPTED SUICIDE IN PAKISTAN using
data provided by Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP) from 2004-2009 and link it to the secondary research
material to better understand this complex social fact.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS RQ1: What is the trend of Suicide Rate in Pakistan?
RQ2: What are the most common reasons for committing suicide?
RQ3: What are the most commonly used methods of suicide?
RQ4: Which socio-demographic characteristics have the highest trend of suicide?
Minorities, Age, Gender Marital Status
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Essentially Dr. Khan’s work -12 published
Research Papers.Covers Socio Demographics, Causes,
Methods, and Prevention.His studied timeline was 1997-1998.We apply similar conceptual framework to present study.
METHODOLOGYMixed methodology (Qualitative and
Quantitative)
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Quantitative• HRCP Data
Qualitative• Secondary
Research
Sample and sampling
• HRCP data from 2004-2009 • In total 10,229 suicides and 6,656 attempted
suicides
Data Collection – Qualitative Studies 20 main studies from :
• Wiley Interscience• Science Direct• Blackwell Synergy• Ebscohost
Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel for trend analysis • A Secondary Research review of 20
qualitative studies for comparison
SIGNIFICANCE
• Cross verification of both Quantitative and Qualitative findings
• First research on the studied timeline – 2004-2009• First to use HRCP’s statistics on suicide as Primary
data
LIMITATIONS
• Paucity of research from official sources• The source of HRCP statistics are newspaper clippings• Interviews with an NGO working for families of suicide
victims was cancelled due to time constraint.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
SUICIDE NARRATIVE Common Wisdom Scholarly Wisdom
Causes –
Unemployment Poverty
General trends- increasing
at an alarming rate (GEO TV)
Causes –
Domestic Problems Unemployment Parental refusal to
marry the person of choice
General trends- Also increasing but not on an alarming rate (MMK)
GENERAL TREND- CLIPPINGS
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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1000
1500
2000
2500
3000SUICIDE
Newspaper Clippings
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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1400
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1800
2000ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Newspaper Clippings
ANALYSIS
57%43%
Newspaper Clippings
Suicide
Attempted Suicide
CAUSES TREND
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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SUICIDE
IllnessAdmonished Domestic ProblemsExaminationFinancial ProblemMarriage choiceMatrimonial Prob-lemPsychological Prob-lemUnemploymentOthersNA
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
IllnessAdmonished Domestic ProblemsExaminationFinancial ProblemMarriage choiceMatrimonial Prob-lemPsychological Prob-lemUnemploymentOthersNA
ANALYSISIllness
2%Admon-ished 10%
Domestic Prob-lems42%
Examination1%
Financial Problem
8%
Marriage choice14%
Matri-monial
Problem10%
Psycho-logical
Problem3%
Unem-ployment
4%
Others6%
SUICIDE
Illness1% Admon-
ished 17%
Domestic Problems
51%Exam-ination
0%
Fi-nan-cial
Prob-lem3%
Mar-riage
choice3%
Mat-rimo-nial
Prob-lem12%
Psycho-logical Prob-lem1%
Un-em-ploy-ment8%
Others3%
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
METHODS- TREND
2004
2006
2008
0
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SUICIDE
Ablazing ShootingHanging PoisonDrowned Electric ShockSleeping Pills TrainOthers (Stabbing, In-juries, Torturing, Blasts)
NA
2004200520062007200820090
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Ablazing ShootingHanging PoisonDrowned Electric ShockSleeping Pills TrainOthers (Stabbing, Injuries, Torturing, Blasts)
NA
ANALYSIS
4%
10%
12%
62%
4%0%
1%4%4%
SUICIDEAblazing
Shooting
Hanging
Poison
Drowned
Electric Shock
Sleeping Pills
Train
Others (Stabbing, Injuries, Torturing, Blasts)
3%2%1%
88%
2% 1% 3% 1%
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Ablazing
Shooting
Hanging
Poison
Drowned
Electric Shock
Sleeping Pills
Train
Others (Stabbing, Injuries, Torturing, Blasts)
MINORITIES TREND
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
SUICIDE
ChristiansHindus
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
ChristiansHindus
ANALYSIS
28%
72%
SUICIDE
ChristiansHindus
43%
57%
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
ChristiansHindus
AGE TREND
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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1200
1400
SUICIDE
AdultMinor
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
AdultMinor
ANALYSIS
83%
17%
Suicide
AdultMinor
82%
18%
Attempted Suicide
AdultMinor
GENDER TREND
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
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400
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1400
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SUICIDE
MaleFemale
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
MaleFemale
ANALYSIS
72%
28%
Suicide
MaleFemale
22%
78%
Attempted Suicide
MaleFemale
MARITAL STATUS TREND
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
SUICIDE
MarriedUnmarriedWidowDivorced
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
100
200
300
400
500
600
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
MarriedUnmarriedWidowDivorced
ANALYSIS
85%
12%
2% 2%
Suicide
MarriedUnmarriedWidowDivorced
92%
7%1%
Attempted Suicide
MarriedUnmarriedWidowDivorced
CONLCUSION