This statistic presents the results of a survey on perceived leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018. According to data published by Ipsos, Indian respondents overestimated the number of violent deaths caused by sharp objects such as knives. Around 33 percent of respondents thought that most people killed through interpersonal violence died from sharp objects, when the actual share of these victims was around 25 percent of all violent deaths in the country.
Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018
samples represent a more urban and educated population with higher incomes
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
Thinking about people who are killed by other people in India in 2015, do you think more people were killed by firearms, sharp objects such as knives or other physical violence? Choose the one option that you think resulted in the most deaths.
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Ipsos. (December 5, 2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018." Chart. December 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. (2018). Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos. "Perceived and Actual Leading Causes of Death through Interpersonal Violence in India as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
Ipsos, Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Perceived and actual leading causes of death through interpersonal violence in India as of 2018 [Graph], Ipsos, December 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/953567/india-perceived-and-actual-leading-causes-of-violent-death/
