Suicide crisis among Nunavut Inuit

By Kirsten Fenn and Karen Henderson |

Living in the largest and least populated province of Canada, Nunavut Inuit face a unique and mounting mental health crisis.

Compared to Prince Edward Island, the province with the lowest number of suicides per 100,000 in 2011, the results are shocking.

Teens aged between 15 to 19 have the highest suicide rates. Male teens committed suicide four times more often than female teens between 1994 and 2014.

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