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Male Suicide and How You Can Help
Trigger Warning
This article will be tough to read and may trigger some people. Caution is advised.
Suicide is tricky to write about because it brings up so many negative connotations. Writing about male suicide is even trickier because I am not a man; in some people’s minds, that disqualifies me from writing about it.
However, we shall tackle together the subject of male suicide and discuss ways society (including you and me) can help.
The Facts and the Statistics
Our men are struggling as their role in society is shifting. This battle has existed for as long as there were men, but in 2023 the war turned from fighting enemies outside to slaying internal demons.
Between 1999 and 2017, suicide rates in the United States increased by 33 percent. Males of all ages are dying by suicide at incredible rates, with men between the ages of 25–44 making up 27%, and men ages 45–64 increasing in rate from 20.8% to 30.1%1.
Incredibly, the number of men who die by suicide is 1.8 times larger in rural areas than in the cities.
Suicide has become the second leading cause of death among Americans aged 10–34 and the fourth leading cause of death among people aged 35–542.
