Dear Vicky Nanjappa, based on your statement: "35 in every 100,000 (one lakh) in Bangalore commit suicide"
Let us do some simple math:
35 per every 100,000. For 10,00,000 (One million) people, it is 350-people committing suicide.
Assuming Bangalore's population is 70,00,000 (70 Lakh / 7 million), that is 350 *7 = 2450 people.
Which means: 2450 / 70,00,000 = 0.00035 or approximately: 0.035% of suicides.
It is not even ONE whole person for God's sake.
and your Headline screams: "Bangalore is the SUICIDE capital of India"...
Just to grab some eyeballs... It is nothing but a cheap marketing gimmick...
Vicky Nanjappa, you call yourself a reporter... Get a life man or please enroll your name in the list of 35-people and be a part of this interesting statistic.
RE:Source of this information
by Rational Voice on Feb 15, 2008 11:44 AM Permalink
Thats 0.035% of the total population of Bangalore committing suicide which is a huge number... I don t think any other city in india has that large a number of suicides (as % of its total population)... What did u expect?? 10% of the pouplation to commit suicide u retard...??... Before u post see some statistics and find out which city has a higher % of its population commiting suiicde?
RE:Source of this information
by Sameer Bhagwat on Feb 15, 2008 11:46 AM Permalink
Probably its mathematically insignificant but even one death due to stress is a bad sign and needs to be highlighted . Without looking athe total population, if you ake only the IT/BPO population its 2450 from about 10 lakh or so , so its a high number..
RE:Source of this information
by Sarith Sircar on Feb 15, 2008 12:00 PM Permalink
Common man.... don't confuse percentages with actual figures. If you think 0.01 % does not amount to anything, you're mistaken. 0.01% means 1 in 10,000. so please....
RE:RE:Source of this information
by Sanjeev Tiwari on Feb 15, 2008 12:35 PM Permalink
hahahaha.. where did you do your schooling from??? what mathematics was that. you calcuated 2450 people and then you are saying 0.035% is not even one person complete. Dude get your basic concepts clear...
RE:Source of this information
by sunil subramanian on Feb 15, 2008 03:33 PM Permalink
What, have you reduced human life value to simple numbers. Whether it is 0.035% or even lesser than that. Even if one person is dies due to such external conditions, it is a cause of concern and somebody needs to sit up an notice. Please think about attaching some better value to human life than reducing it to mere numbers as if it was nothing but cattle.
