Statistically, females are more likely to self-harm in non-lethal ways. This acts as suicide prevention, in a way, since it triggers responses from the environment and reduces the likelihood of worst outcomes.
Males don't self-harm and overall don't signal their discomfort until it's too late.
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Yes, the suicide rate for men in the US is over 20 per 100,000, while for women it's about 5.5.
Is that due to the much higher success(?) rate among males vs females? What are the "attempts" per 100,000?
Statistically, females are more likely to self-harm in non-lethal ways. This acts as suicide prevention, in a way, since it triggers responses from the environment and reduces the likelihood of worst outcomes.
Males don't self-harm and overall don't signal their discomfort until it's too late.
According to this web site (accuracy unknown), women attempt suicide at a rate 3x that of men:
http://www.suicide.org/suicide-statistics.html
This PDF says that there are 25 attempts for every suicide:
http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/Suicide_DataSheet-...
I had no idea it was that high!