Title: Suicide Risk Factors: Mental Illness, Age, Marital Status, et al. - Mental Health Daily
Headings: Suicide Risk Factors: Mental Illness, Age, Marital Status, et al.
Suicide Risk Factors: Mental Illness, Age, Marital Status, et al.
Suicide Risk Factors: List
Age Groups: Between 45 & 64
Alcohol and drugs
Emotional states
Ethnicity
Family history & life circumstances
Geography
Gun access
Marital Status: Being “single” is highest risk
Mental illness
Sex: Male vs. Female
Sexual orientation
Suicidal ideation
Suicide: How it affects others
What to do if someone you know is suicidal

Content: Anger – Individuals who are extremely angry or hostile can be at increased risk for suicide. Anxiety – When a person deals with chronic anxiety and/or panic attacks, they may feel tormented by their mental and physical reactions. This increase in fear and general stress may lead someone to take the drastic action of suicide. Agitation – This is defined as a state of nervous excitement. People who feel agitated are often likely to also experience anxiety and anger. Hopelessness – This tends to increase risk because the person believes that nothing will ever change or improve in regards to their mental health or circumstances. Ethnicity
There are notable discrepancies between rates of suicide among certain ethnicities compared to others. It seems as though Caucasians and Native Americans have significantly higher suicide rates than African-Americans and Hispanics. White Americans and Native Americans have the highest suicide rates
African-Americans have intermediate suicide rates
Hispanic Americans have the lowest suicide rates
Specifically, Native American males between the ages of 15 and 24 have a dramatically higher rate of suicide than any other group. It is thought that cultural differences, alcohol, and adapting to present-day Americanized society may have influenced the high suicide rate among Native Americans.