But when it comes to the next highest age group, they may have escaped our notice: The seniors. Unfortunately, suicide among seniors isn’t a recent phenomenon. “I understand that it is the highest number recorded since 1991. Although, the numbers eased to 112 in 2021, it is still more than two seniors every week.”It is worth noting that those numbers do not include unsuccessful suicide cases. What is casting a pall over our seniors’ golden years and driving them to take their own lives?