Suicide among reindeer herding Sámi in Sweden, 1961–2017

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Swedish regions with primary reindeer herding and Sámi settlement regions of Norrbotten, Västerbotten and Jämtland & Härjedalen marked. Map created with tool provided by Statistics Sweden

Table 1. Number of suicides by sex, age and region

	Sex
Age group (years)	Male	Female	Total
10–19	3	1	4
20–29	12	3	15
30–39	9	–	9
40–49	8	–	8
50–59	6	–	6
60–69	4	2	6
70–79	1	1	2
Total	43	7	50
Region
Norrbotten	22	3	25
Västerbotten	8	1	9
Jämtland/Härjedalen	13	3	16
Total	43	7	50

Table 2. Number and percentage of suicides method by sex

	Males		Females		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Shooting	27	62.8	1	14.3	28	56.0
Hanging	11	25.6	1	14.3	12	24.0
Intoxication	4	9.3	2	28.6	6	12.0
Drowning	–	0	2	28.6	2	4.0
Stabbing	1	2.3	1	14.3	2	4.0
Total	43	100	7	100	50	100

Table 3. Blood alcohol concentration 1993–2017 (g/l)

	neg	0.20–0.49	0.50–0.99	1.0–1.99	More than 2.0
Males	5	2	2	7	3
Females	1	1	–	–	–

Figure 2. Number of suicides by month (N = 50)

Figure 3. Number of suicides by sex and time period (N = 50)

Figure 4. Number of suicides by sex and age groups