Link: https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/p/losing-40000-men-a-year-to-suicide
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Boys and men account for 80% of the deaths from suicide in the United States. This amounts to almost 40,000 male deaths a year, about the same as the loss of women’s lives from breast cancer.
But the crisis of male suicide is not getting enough attention. I’m still being told by well-informed people that among teens and young adults, the suicide risk is higher for women than men, a dangerous untruth.
There are lots of risk factors for suicide, including being a veteran or living in a a rural area. Native Americans also have a higher risk than other racial groups. But by far the biggest gap of all is the one between women and men:
Author(s): Richard V Reeves
Publication Date: 10 Sept 2025
Publication Site: Of Boys and Men, substack