This seems to be true across a few different high-income countries too. (When you look at low income countries there&#x27;s still a difference, but it&#x27;s much less[1])<p>So far things it might be are:<p>1) similar levels of attempts between men and women, but with men chosing more lethal, less survivable methods<p>2) women talk about their emotions more and thus people spot their signs of distress earlier<p>3) stigma means men don&#x27;t seek help<p>4) men just don&#x27;t seek help, but not because of stigma<p>There&#x27;s big pushes on men to get them to talk more, which is good but misses the point. There has to be some service there for them to use, and I&#x27;m not sure those services exist or are good enough. And many men are in the care of specialist mental health services when they die by suicide, so they&#x27;ve already asked for help.<p>Older people have very high rates of suicide. But it tends to be masked a bit because older people are at increased risk of death from a bunch of other causes too.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.who.int&#x2F;gho&#x2F;mental_health&#x2F;suicide_rates_text&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.who.int&#x2F;gho&#x2F;mental_health&#x2F;suicide_rates_text&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a>