Open AccessMeasuring the Health Status Gap for American Indians/Alaska Natives: Getting Closer to the Truth
Author(s) -
Emily Puukka,
Paul A. StehrGreen,
Thomas M. Becker
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.053769
Subject(s) - population , demography , incidence (geometry) , linkage (software) , medicine , cancer incidence , cancer , record linkage , environmental health , biology , genetics , mathematics , gene , geometry , sociology
We compared the historical method of calculating cancer incidence rates with 2 new methods to determine which approach optimally estimates the burden of cancer among the Northwest American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) population.