Indore: More married persons commit suicide than those who prefer to remain single, a National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report has said. Among the total number of people who took their lives in 2013, 69.4 per cent were married while 23.6 per cent singles took the extreme step, the NCRB report said.

A total of 1,34,799 suicides were reported in 2013 out of which 64,098 were committed by men while 29,491 women ended their lives. The number of single men who committed suicide last year stood at 21,062 as compared to 10,766 such women. 3.7 per cent widowers also took the extreme step in 2013, according to the report.