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Apr 21, 2016 · A little drunk and really excited, Pele and his buddies fired up the motor on their fishing boat and nosed through the slushy ice in the harbor of their East Greenland village, Tiniteqilaaq,...
Dec 10, 2022 · It is also the title-holder of another startling record: In a nation with the world’s highest suicide rate (24 times times that of the United States), Tasilaaq is Greenland’s suicide capital. In 2016, over 400 per 100,000 of the town’s residents committed suicide.
Apr 22, 2016 · In January, two young men killed themselves in one Greenland town. The country has the world's highest known suicide rate, and people worried these suicides would become a cluster.
But Greenland's Ministry of Health acknowledges it does not have adequate resources, and a lot of people in Tasiilaq say that when they report a suicidal friend or family member, nothing...
Mar 21, 2023 · The aim of this study is to investigate suicide rates in Greenland according to age, birth cohort, period, sex, place of residence and suicide method from 1970 until 2018. Suicide rates were examined using register and census data from 1970–2018 among Greenland Inuit.
Jan 4, 2019 · Amidst high unemployment, alcoholism, sexual abuse and identity crises, young people are suffering the most. On average, one teenager per month commits suicide in Tasiilaq.
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- Marion TOUBOUL,Johann PROD'HOMME
Apr 24, 2016 · The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention reports that the suicide rate has reached a 30-year high. The numbers show the problem touches almost everyone - men and women, rich and poor. The...
