Men are 95% of homeless, 90% of prisoners, 95% workplace deaths, 80% suicides...
In second case:
I went unnecessary offensive, call it "most women cry for help" whatever.
The fact is that people who are at risk of suicidal behavior are equally distributed between genders [1]. Also mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are equally distributed [wikipedia].
So I see two options why women have much higher suicidal attempt rate:
Men are 95% of homeless, 90% of prisoners, 95% workplace deaths, 80% suicides...
In second case:
I went unnecessary offensive, call it "most women cry for help" whatever.
The fact is that people who are at risk of suicidal behavior are equally distributed between genders [1]. Also mental illnesses such as schizophrenia are equally distributed [wikipedia].
So I see two options why women have much higher suicidal attempt rate:
- it is a cry for help
- men suicide attempts are under reported
[1] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9501750