If you compare it to women, it's considerably higher, and it's no surprise that most experts on the subject blame the inaccessibility of care to men who need counselling, therapy, or treatment due to stigma and shame attached. More women attempt but fail to commit suicide, interestingly enough though. A very dear friend of mine had a crisis a while back and when he was trying to hash it out with me for support he kept getting distracted saying how horrible and useless and weak and pathetic he felt because he was crying. He couldn't even focus on healing because he felt so ashamed. I have never had any female friend run into that problem, and while I am sure it does happen to some women, I know my male friend's issue is not as rare as people tend to think. I'm just glad that he was able to trust me enough to open up and eventually get through the problems, I don't think he has many people around he can be like that around. I made myself sad now, oh dear. As for the sausage fest: "There were over 158.6 million women in the United States in 2009. The number of men was 151.4 million." From our dear friend the USA census bureau via wiki. What you said is true in other parts of the world like china however, but that is due to females being the disposable ones. It is a very weird world we live in. :/