Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Sept 02: At least 1451 people lost their lives in J&K due to accidents in the year 2019 while as at the same time suicide rate has decreased, reveals a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
There have been 63 deaths in J&K in the year 2019 caused due to Forces of Nature, while as 1388 people died due to accidents in the year 2019-both categorized under Accidental Deaths.
As per the report, J&K has recorded the Rate of Accidental Deaths as 10.7 which is below than the national average of 31.5.
The report states that the number of accidental deaths has increased by 2.3% at the national level during 2019 as compared to 2018. The number of ‘Accidental Deaths’ due to forces of nature has increased by 18.2% and deaths due to other causes have increased by 2.0% in 2019 over the year 2018.
The date further reveals that in the year 2019, 43 males and 20 females who were below 14 years of age died while as 75 males and 17 females who were 14 and above and below 18 died during the year.
During the period, 517 persons died who were 18 and above and below 30. The number includes 435 males and 82 females. 509 people who were 30 and above but below 45 years, 222 people who were 45 and above but below 60 and 48 people who were 60 and above.
About suicides, there have been 284 deaths in J&K caused due to suicides in the year 2019. J&K has recorded 2.1 as the Suicide Rata during the year 2019. The report has noted that J&K has recorded a decrease in the number of suicides in 2019 over what was recorded in the years 2018.
“The decrease was reported in Lakshadweep (100%), Himachal Pradesh (21.1%), Chandigarh (18.1%), Arunachal Pradesh (15.2%) and Jammu & Kashmir (13.9%),” the report states.
The report has grouped the Accidental deaths into two broad categories: ‘Deaths due to Forces of Nature and ‘Deaths due to Other Causes’.
It stated that the classification of types and causes of accidental deaths has been done for statistical purpose only.
Regarding Traffic Accidents, J&K has recorded 1052 deaths caused due to traffic accidents, while as there have been 5839 traffic accidents that have been reported in the year 2019.
The report stated that under causes attributable to ‘Forces of Nature’, the deaths due to ‘Avalanche’, ‘Exposure to Cold’, ‘Earthquake’, ‘Epidemic’, ‘Flood’, ‘Heat/Sun Stroke’ and ‘Lightning’ “have increased during the year 2019 over the previous year 2018 whereas the deaths due to inter-alia ‘Cyclone’, ‘Tornado’, ‘Landslide’, ‘Torrential Rain’ and ‘Forest Fire’ have decreased in 2019 over 2018.”
The deaths due to Other Causes, report states, such as Drowning’, ‘Electrocution’, ‘Falls’, ‘Traffic Accidents’, ‘Stampede’, ‘Sudden Deaths’, ‘Deaths of Women during Pregnancy’ and ‘Killed by Animals’ “have increased whereas the deaths due to ‘Air Crash’, ‘Collapse of Structure’, ‘Accidental Explosion’, ‘Factory/ Machine Accidents’, ‘Accidental Fire’, ‘Firearms’, ‘Mines or Quarry Disaster’, ‘Deaths due to Consumption of Illicit/Poisonous Liquor’, ‘Poisoning’, ‘Suffocation’ and ‘Drug overdose’ have decreased in 2019 as compared to the previous year 2018.”
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