Samaritans — Latest suicide data

What the study found

The Samaritans' latest UK suicide data show men dying by suicide at a far higher rate than women across all four nations. For 2024 the male suicide rate was 17.1 per 100,000 in England versus 5.6 for women, and 25.0 versus 6.8 in Wales; in Scotland males were "3 times as likely" as females, while 171 of 221 (77.4%) of 2023 Northern Ireland suicides were male. ^[1]

men dying by suicide at roughly three times the female rate

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The charity also runs a dedicated research and policy programme specifically on supporting less well-off, middle-aged men. ^[1]

Why it matters here

A recurring manosphere claim holds that men die by suicide several times more often than women and that this is ignored. The Samaritans figures support the descriptive part of that claim — a large and persistent male-to-female gap in suicide rates — and bear directly on whether male suicide is ignored. At the same time, the existence of a dedicated Samaritans research and policy programme aimed at middle-aged men complicates the stronger version of the claim, that nobody cares. The data describe the size of the gap rather than its causes.