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Statistics

72% of Canadian men have unhealthy habits, putting them at risk for chronic conditions and diseases.

Canadian Men's Health Foundation

10%

75% Nationally

1,000,000 Men

  

  • Around 10% of Canadian men experience significant mental health challenges in their life(1)

1,000,000 Men

75% Nationally

1,000,000 Men

  

  • Approximately one million Canadian men suffer from major depression each year(2)

75% Nationally

75% Nationally

75% Nationally

  

  • On average, approximately 4,000 Canadians take their      own life each year, of those suicides; 75% are men(3)

2020

11 Times the Average

75% Nationally

  

  • In 2020 men accounted for 82% of completed suicides in Newfoundland and Labrador. A total of 62 men or 1.2 men every. single. week. 

11 Times the Average

11 Times the Average

11 Times the Average

  

  • Canadian indigenous men have a suicide rate that is double that of the Canadian national average, with Inuit men being 11      times the national average(4)

Higher Rate

11 Times the Average

11 Times the Average

  

  • Gay men have a higher rate of depression, anxiety, suicidality, self-harm, and substance abuse in comparison to their heterosexual counterparts(5)

135 People

Less Likely

135 People

  

  • 2019 studies have found that up to 135 people are affected to some degree by every person lost to suicide(6)

3 Times

Less Likely

135 People

  

  • Men are three times less likely than their female counterparts to seek help for their mental health concerns(7)

Less Likely

Less Likely

Leading Cause

  

  • According to a survey of 132,221 Canadians, Canadian men were found to be 2.7 times less likely to utilize mental health services than Canadian women(8)

Leading Cause

Method Plus...

Leading Cause

  

  • Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for men under the age of 50(9)

9%

Method Plus...

Method Plus...

  

  • In 2019, 1,666,200 Canadian men over the age of 15 (roughly 9% of the male population) reported that they have seriously contemplated suicide in their lifetime(10)

Method Plus...

Method Plus...

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  • factors, such as alcohol use, severity of underlying illness, loneliness, and shame, must be considered as contributing factors to the elevated suicide rates among men(11)

References

 

  1. CMHA. (n.d.). Men and Mental Illness. Retrieved August 21, 2018, from https://cmha.ca/documents/men-and-mental-illness
  2. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. (2016, December 01). We Should Be Talking About Men's Mental Health. Retrieved August 21, 2018, from http://health.sunnybrook.ca/men/mental-health-depr...
  3. Health at a Glance. (2017, June 16). Retrieved August 21, 2018, from https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-624-x/2012001/art...
  4. Crawford, A. (n.d.). Suicide among Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2018, from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/s...
  5. CMHA. (n.d.). Policy Papers on Equity. Retrieved August 21, 2018, from http://ontario.cmha.ca/documents/lesbian-gay-bisex...
  6.  Cerel, J., Brown, M., Maple, M., Singleton, M., van deVenne, J., Moore, M., & Flaherty, C. (2018). How many people are exposed to suicide? Not six. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12450. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/sltb.12450 
  7.  (PDF) Determinants of self-reported mental health and utilization of mental health services in Canada (researchgate.net) 
  8. Luoma, J. B., Martin, C. E., & Pearson, J. L. (2002). Contact With Mental Health and Primary Care Providers Before Suicide: A Review of the Evidence. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159(6), 909–916. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.6.909 
  9. Statistics Canada. (2020). Leading causes of death, total population, by age group. https://doi.org/10.25318/1310039401-eng
  10. Statistics Canada. (2020b, August 6). Mental health characteristics and suicidal thoughts. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310009801
  11. Cibis, A., Mergl, R., Bramesfeld, A., Althaus, D., Niklewski, G., Schmidtke, A., & Hegerl, U. (2012). Preference of lethal methods is not the only cause for higher suicide rates in males. Journal of Affective Disorders, 136(1-2), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.08.032

          

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