Men's Health Moment- Suicidality
Posted about 6 years ago by Yolanda Scipio-Jackson
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Depression and Suicide1
Depression in men is undiagnosed contributing to the fact that men are 4 x as likely to commit suicide.
- Among ages 15-19, boys were 3.1 x as likely as girls to commit suicide.
- Among ages 20-24, males were 4.6 x as likely to commit suicide as females
- The suicide rate for persons age 65 and above: men...31.5-women...5.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2016
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