Frequency and density of suicide articles in nine major newspapers in Tamil Nadu
| Newspaper | 2016 | 2023 | ||||
| n | % | Average number of suicide articles, per newspaper, per day* | n | % | Average number of suicide articles, per newspaper, per day† | |
| Daily Thanthi (T) | 498 | 29.6 | 2.33 | 111 | 21.7 | 1.85 |
| Dinakaran (T) | 160 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 99 | 19.3 | 1.65 |
| Dinamalar (T) | 220 | 13.1 | 1.03 | 77 | 15.0 | 1.28 |
| The Hindu (E) | 119 | 7.1 | 0.56 | 14 | 2.7 | 0.23 |
| Dinamani (T) | 139 | 8.3 | 0.65 | 25 | 4.9 | 0.42 |
| Malai Malar (T) | 115 | 6.8 | 0.54 | 53 | 10.4 | 0.88 |
| Deccan Chronicle (E) | 183 | 10.9 | 0.86 | 35 | 6.8 | 0.58 |
| Times of India (E) | 137 | 8.2 | 0.64 | 66 | 12.9 | 1.10 |
| New Indian Express (E) | 110 | 6.5 | 0.51 | 32 | 6.3 | 0.53 |
| Across all newspapers | 1681 | 100 | 0.87 | 512 | 100 | 0.95 |
Note: (T) signifies a Tamil language publication and (E) signifies an English language publication.
*For 2016, the average number of suicide articles per newspaper, per day, was calculated by dividing the total number of articles from each newspaper by the number of days (ie, 214 days) between June and December 2016. The average across all newspapers was calculated by dividing the total number of articles by the number of days (ie, 214 days) and then dividing by the number of newspapers (ie, 9).
†For 2023, the average number of suicide articles per newspaper, per day, was calculated by dividing the total number of articles from each newspaper by the number of days (ie, 60 days) randomly selected between July and December 2023. The average across all newspapers was calculated by dividing the total number of articles by the number of days (ie, 60 days) and then dividing by the number of newspapers (ie, 9).