This article briefly gives the results of a comparative study about the suicide rates of elderly people, according to countries, ages and sex. In our effort to understand the social meaning of these figures, we are inspired by Émile Durkheim’s thesis, according to which the phenomenon of the suicide is connected to the capacity of a society to integrate certain groups, as the elder. Finally, we investigate how exclusion or rather incapacity of integration of elder is susceptible to lead to suicidal behavior. In end, we shall suggest a respectful and discreet accompanying of the elder in their choices.