Around 75% of all suicides are men, and suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 Just as there may be a very wide variety of causes, anyone can have suicidal feelings, whatever their background or life situation. There is no such thing as ‘the suicidal type’. But we know that some groups of people are more vulnerable to suicide; around 75% of all suicides are men, and suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 suicide is the biggest killer of young people under 25 people bereaved by suicide are themselves more likely to take their own lives people who have previously attempted suicide, or who have self-harmed armed forces veterans, substance misuse, LGBTQ and other challenged communities