Year: 2009 Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, v.68, no.3, (2009), p.224-234 SIEC No: 20090295

Male suicides are excessively common in Lapland compared with the national level, and they concentrate on a geographically contiguous area in the central north and in 2 towns. The findings encourage local studies to investigate the underlying causal factors and interventions to reduce suicides.