Men with depression are five times more likely to commit suicide, a major cause of mortality in men.
Many people wonder if depression increases the risk of suicide and, if so, by how much. Although the majority of people who have depression do not die by suicide, having clinical depression (also known as major depression) does increase the suicide risk compared to people without depression. The risk of death by suicide may, in part, be related to the severity of the depression. New data on suicide and depression suggests that about 2 percent of those people ever treated for depression in an outpatient setting will die by suicide. Among those ever treated for depression in an inpatient hospital setting, the rate of death by suicide is twice as high (4 percent). Those treated for depression as inpatients following suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts are about three times as likely to die by suicide (6 percent) as those who were only treated as outpatients. There are also dramatic gender differences in the lifetime risk of suicide in people with depression. While about 7 percent of men with a lifetime history of the condition will die by suicide, only 1 percent of women with a lifetime history will die by suicide. Another way of thinking about depression and suicide risk is to examine the lives of people who have died by suicide and see what proportion of them were depressed. It is estimated that about 60 percent of people who commit suicide have had a mood disorder (major depression, manic depression, or dysthymia, for example). Often, younger persons who kill themselves have a substance abuse disorder in addition to being depressed.
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Suicide methods for men vary from country to country. In Hong Kong, for example, jumping from tall buildings is the preferred method. Whereas in the United States of America, men prefer to commit suicide by means of shooting themselves in the head with a gun.
Women attempt suicide more compared to men. the symptoms are most times a person in depression, a recent loss of a loved one, low self-esteem, many people decrease in their eating habits or change in sleeping patterns. the biggest warning sign is if a person previously attempted suicide.suicide is something you do. its not a condition. its not a sickness. its soething you do. so you cant have symptoms of suicide. there are signs that show of tht someone may COMMIT suicide, like if they are sad and depressed or if they are emo and cut themselves. then you should try to talk them out of it.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is more prevalent in older adults, particularly those aged 45 and older for men and 55 and older for women, largely due to the effects of aging and the accumulation of risk factors over time. Men generally face a higher risk of CHD at younger ages compared to women, but the risk for women increases significantly after menopause. Additionally, both genders with a family history of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes are at an elevated risk.
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Men under the age of 24 in Australia is the main cause of death by suicide
According to the related links below, males are four times as likely to commit or attempt suicide than females.
Men between 15 and 40 are most at risk.
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In the UK about 6,000 people commit suicide per year. Men commit suicide at rates of more that three times that of women.
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