The elderly Over the past twenty years in the UK the number of women committing suicide has halved, but the number of men committing suicide has increased by ten per cent. Now it's estimated that more than three times as many men than women commit suicide per year. Young men in particular, between the ages of 15 and 34, are becoming increasingly successful at ending their lives. Hanging and car exhaust fumes, which are unpleasant ways to go for the individual and those around him, are the exit routes most often most often chosen. Those people who already have a mental health illness are at a greater risk of committing suicide.
Depression especially is associated with a particularly high risk.
Previous suicide attempt 2. Living alone 6. Social isolation 7. Chronic painful physical illness 8. The teenage years can be difficult at the best of times.