Low mortality from ischaemic heart disease in the Sámi district of Finland

• Main Author: Näyhä, Simo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Inari; Enontekiö; Kittilä; Northern Finland; Utsjoki
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277-9536(96)00265-1

Mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is compared between the Sámi (Lapp) and Finnish areas of northern Finland. During the period 1961-1990 male mortality from IHD was 41% lower in the predominantly Sámi area (Utsjoki) and 37% and 24% lower in two partially Sámi areas (Enontekiö and Inari, r...