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PROBLEM ONE / MINDSET & LIFESTYLE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, ADDICTION, DIVORCE & CRIME
Some Shocking Facts
35,00,00,000
135,445
IS THE NO. OF PEOPLE
WHO COMMITTED
SUICIDE IN 2012 IN
INDIA - AN AVERAGE
OF 371 SUICIDES DAILY
SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE 18-29
AGE GROUP
42.5% OF
CORPORATE
EMPLOYEES IN
INDIA SUFFER FROM
DEPRESSION
3 OF EVERY
100
RESIDENTS IN
URBAN
AREAS ARE
ESTIMATED
TO SUFFER
FROM SOME
FORM OF
DEPRESSION
IN INDIA
350 MILLION (35 CRORES) PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD SUFFER FROM
EVERYDAY IN
DEPRESSION. THAT'S 5% AMERICA
OF THE 1000
WORLD POPULATION
TEENS CATCH
A SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED
DISEASE
5,66,75,969
IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUFFERING
FROM DEPRESSION IN INDIA AS OF 2015.
THAT'S 4.5% OF INDIAN POPULATION
A STUDY BY THE
‘WHO’ FOUND
THAT SUCH
DISORDERS
COST THE
GLOBAL
ECONOMY ONE
TRILLION
DOLLARS LOST
IN PRODUCTIVITY
EACH YEAR
One
Trillion
Dollars
Source: WHO (World Health Organization), NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau), Wikipedia