The gender gap increases over the lifespan: "The male suicide rate goes from equal to females' prior to adolescence to five times as high’ between 20 and 24. Among the elderly, men over 85 have a suicide rate 1300% higher."
Perhaps surprising, the rate is highest among whites and lowest among African Americans and Hispanics.
White male suicide is up 40% in the last decade.
In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I explore the gender death gap and argue that it's just one example of why the conventional wisdom that women are treated unfairly should be tempered.
ReplyDeleteI could never understand why suicide is taboo.
If a person has done everything they can to find peace of mind but cannot why can't society allow that person to check out in a humane way if that's what the person wants?
If a person wants to purchase secanol or some other barbiturate for such a purpose why should he or she be disallowed?
In a free society this would be allowed.
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