5 crore people suffering from
depression in India: WHO
Depression cases
are fast increasing in India with over 5 crore people suffering from the disorder, the highest in
WHO's South East Asia and Western Pacific region, which includes China. The
latest assessment by the UN agency shows that China and India are by far the
worst affected countries accounting for nearly 50% of the total 322 million
people living with depression across the
world, data shows.
Data shows the total estimated number of people living with depression globally increased by 18.4% between 2005 and 2015.
Apart from depression, anxiety another major reason for suicides in India and other middle income countries is also highly prevalent in both India and China. In India 3.8 crore people suffered from anxiety disorders in 2015 with a prevalence rate of 3%.
The data shows 78% of global suicides occurred in low and middle income countries, whereas suicide accounted for close to 1.5% of all deaths worldwide, placing it among the top 20 leading causes of death in 2015.
India accounted for the highest estimated number of suicides in the world in 2012, according to a WHO report published in 2014 which found that one person commits suicide every 40 seconds globally. Both depression and anxiety were also found to be far more common in women than in men.
27.02.2017
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