suicide by gender - whats with the huge difference ?

[asecin]

i kept trying to find stats for last year, but the best charts showing the huge differences in suicides by sex are those two i found;

http://chartsbin.com/view/kv2

http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?page_i...9C65C381BAAEC0


im sure the stats didnt change significantly just in the year of 2011. so can you guys help me out here and tell me whats wrong with this figure ? it seems to me, maybe im confused, but males are way way more prone to suicides and death than females. its A HUGE DIFFERENCE. one would think, hey its normal if its a little above but... that much ? can you please help me find reasons for this. i always thought women were complaining about social oppression ? if women were ever so socially oppressed, how come males in society are more likely to suffer and suicide ?

the reason for this thread was started based on this url; http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20120920/suicide-top-cause-of-injury-death

probably more males die in car crashes too. who knows... not going to depress myself viewing stats on that.

 

[atara]

My understanding has always been that women are more likely to attempt suicide, but men are more likely to succeed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide#Gender

 

[modern buddha]

... I'm not quite sure how to answer that, Acenin.