Suicide in Sri Lanka is a common cause of unnatural death and a long term social issue.
[1] The introduction in pesticide control regulations coincided with a reduction in suicide rates in Sri Lanka.
According to a report published in a seminar by Dr Neil Fernando, head of the National Institute of Mental Health in September 2011, almost 4,000 people die by suicide in Sri Lanka every year.
[3] According to the statistics of the Registrar General's office, at the time of independence (1948) suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 9 per 100,000 people.
The latest statistics for Sri Lanka show a suicide rate of 15 per 100,000.