Compared to other indigenous people in the arctic circumpolar area, evidence based on data from SAMINOR shows that the Sami living in Norway do not reveal significant differences in most of their public health markers and self-reported health compared to the majority population . However, the Sami do differ from the majority population in that Sami women have higher adult obesity rates in Sami majority areas, and the prevalence of diabetes is higher among Sami in Southern regions where they are a minority . Considerable differences are reported in self-reported cardiovascular diseases between Sami and non-Sami in northern municipalities .