Why 3,000 Middle-Aged Men Die by Suicide

A new report examines why men from disadvantaged backgrounds in their 30s, 40s and 50s are at higher risk of suicide.  On average, around 3,000 middle-aged men take their own lives each year, and men from low socio-economic backgrounds living in deprived areas are ten times more likely to die by suicide than men from high socio-economic backgrounds living in the most affluent areas.  The report, commissioned by the Samaritans, explores the reasons for suicide in this group of men, and calls for suicide to be addressed as a health and social inequality.  A copy of the report, titled: ‘Men and Suicide: Why it’s a Social Issue’, can be accessed online at: www.samaritans.org/media-centre/our-campaigns/were-your-corner/were-your-corner-research