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Apr 21, 2016 · Privately he started to question whether he felt safe keeping his kids in school in Tasiilaq. Despite having the highest suicide rate — more than 400 per 100,000 — of any town in Greenland ...
Mar 21, 2023 · Between 1980 and 2018 Greenland has had one of the highest suicide rates in the world with an average rate of 96 suicides per 100,000 people annually. 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.
Jan 4, 2019 · On average, one teenager per month commits suicide in Tasiilaq. FRANCE 24's reporters went to meet these young Inuits and found out what is being done to help address the crisis. Share :
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Alcohol consumption was banned by Greenland's self rule authority in Tasiilaq on September 7, 2021, over a two-week period until September 17 following a surge of violence & suicide in the town. Following this prohibition, reports of domestic violence had greatly decreased.
Apr 24, 2016 · April 24, 20168:19 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Reporter Rebecca Hersher spent 10 weeks in Greenland this winter trying to understand why the country has the...
Apr 22, 2016 · Emergency in East Greenland, a friend of a friend wrote; so scared for my family and friends in Tasiilaq - two suicides in two weeks in Tasiilaq, a place with just 3,000 people. Would more...
Dec 1, 2023 · PMCID: PMC10286662. PMID: 37343597. A systematic review on risk and protective factors for suicide and suicidal behaviour among Greenland Inuit. Ivalu Katajavaara Seidler, a , b Nanna Lund Hansen, a Arnârak Patricia Bloch, a and Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen a , b.
