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In Australia the greatest “at risk” age group for suicide is 25-34, in the UK 35-44. In the Netherlands and the US its the over 75s. (stats).

Why should aged men take their lives?

Men are very production-oriented and not process-oriented. They tend to build work relationships rather than personal relationships and often do not have the vocabulary to express grief

The theory goes that women suffer more from depression but are much more likely to seek treatment. With babyboomers getting older the number of older people attempting suicide is expected to double. Reports show that the older age group also choose to fall from a large height rather than the usual gunshot method of ending it all.

the World Health Organization and the U.S. surgeon general have highlighted the need for more comprehensive data on the occurrence of suicidal thoughts and attempts, with the assumption that such data would be useful for planning national health care policy, as well as for evaluating efforts to reduce suicide and suicide-related behaviors.

Recent studies have found that, despite a large increase in the treatment for suicide attempts, there has been no decrease in the number of people reporting suicide related behaviours.

News from Switzerland that one in ten attempt to take their own lives, half admit considering suicide. Similarly in New York one in ten students make a suicide plan, though of 150,000 attempts at suicide in 2000, only 84 succeeded.