This information comes from a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. I can't find the report itself, but it is referenced here:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health-jan-june13-suicide_05-...

Edit - I found the report moments after posting that link. Here it is:

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?mobile...

Thanks.

I, too, was hoping for a reference in the post. Checking google news shows no recent news reports.

I did find this:

http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health...

"Before the recession, men were more likely to commit suicide than women. This gap grew once the economic crisis began: While suicide rates increased for both genders, the increase for men was four times greater than that of women."