Abstract
Problems in estimating rates of suicide in North American Native populations are considered. Despite many problems of research, there does appear to be evidence that suicide rates are much higher in Native groups. An ecological method of calculating rates of suicide and careless death (including open and many accident verdicts) in males aged 15 to 34 is described. This method indicates that in Alberta Native reserves have substantially higher rates of suicide and careless death than adjacent rural areas. There is a south to north trend in these rates. Economic development (more common in the central and southern region of the province) is associated with lower death rates. It appears from these data that modernization and increased economic opportunities among Native communities is associated with decreased rates of suicide and of alcohol-related rates of careless death.
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