This report analyzed suicide in the Northwest Territories & Nunavut. Data from a suicide database from 1981 to 1990 & coroner’s reports of 78 individuals who died by suicide from 1994 to 1996 were analyzed. The suicide rate for Inuit in this area is 79/100,000 (6 times the national average). The authors conclude that persons (especially males) aged 15 to 29 are most at risk for suicide. Dissolution of relationships, criminal charges, & alcohol are identified as prominent circumstances of deaths by suicide. (9 refs) (SC)