US is a huge territory, and differences in suicide rates vary quite much across both Europe and the US by region. Finland has only marginally higher suicide rate than US (14.8 vs 12.1) if you consider that Alaska and many states in the Western US have rates around and above 20.0 (per 100,000): <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;afsp.org&#x2F;about-suicide&#x2F;suicide-statistics&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;afsp.org&#x2F;about-suicide&#x2F;suicide-statistics&#x2F;</a>