[Specificity of the suicidal behavior in the Arkhangelsk Region].

The paper deals with a high suicide rate in the European North. Data for the rural and urban population categories are compared. Specific features of suicide attempts and of completed suicides are accentuated for the gender and sex aspects. A set of system-making factors, which are responsible for shaping the suicidal behavior in Russia's European North, is defined; social-and-hygienic portraits of self-murders are compiled. The main trends are outlined in the field of suicidal prevention.