The rate of suicide in Greenland began to rise in the 1970s and kept increasing until 1986. In 1986, suicide became the leading cause of death for young people in several towns, such as Sarfannguit.[2] In 1970, the rate of suicide in Greenland was historically very low, but by 1990–1994, it had become one of the highest in the world with 107 per 100,000 persons dying by suicide per year.[4] A similarly precipitous rise in suicide rates to a very high elevation has been observed among the Inuit in Canada.[5][6] Greenland Government data reported in 2010 suggest that almost one suicide occurred a week.[7]