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MALE SUICIDE

The suicide rate among males in 2021 was approximately four times higher than the rate among females. Males make up 50% of the population but nearly 80% of suicides.

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Total Suicide mortality rates per 100,000 men in in major Brazilian regions according to age, period, and cohort, from 1980 to 2019.

Approximately three out of four suicide victims in the U.S. are men, with a man killing himself on average every 20 minutes.

Patients who attempted suicide were mostly female [564,338 women (74.8%) and 349,600 men (25.2%)]. An opposite ratio was observed for deaths by suicide, with mostly men (74.8%, n = 51,148) compared to women (25.2%, n = 17,168)

Provisional Numbers and Rates of Suicide by Month and Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2021