There was about one elderly suicide every
80 minutes.
• There were about 18.2 suicides each day
resulting in 6,648 suicides in among those
65 and older.
• Elderly white men were at the highest risk
with a rate of approximately 32.24 suicides
per 100,000 each year.
• 83.6% of elderly suicides were male; the
rate of male suicides in late life was about
5.25 times greater than female suicides.