Year: 2009 Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, v.68, no.3, (2009), p.204-211 SIEC No: 20090293

Although the finding of a moderate significant increased risk of suicide among Sami is consistent with the general findings among Indigenous peoples, the suicide rates found among Sami is moderate compared to several others Indigenous peoples. When it comes to suicide attempts, no ethnic differences in prevalence of suicide attempts were found between Sami adolescents and their non-Sami peers.