Open AccessAll-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality in Western Alaska Native People: Western Alaska Tribal Collaborative for Health (WATCH)
Author(s) -
Barbara V. Howard,
Jesse Metzger,
Kathryn R. Koller,
Stacey E. Jolly,
Elvin Asay,
Hong Wang,
Abbie W. Wolfe,
Scarlett E. Hopkins,
Cristiane Kaufmann,
Terry Raymer,
Brian Trimble,
Ellen Provost,
Sven E. O. Ebbesson,
Melissa A. Austin,
W.J. Howard,
Jason G. Umans,
Bert B. Boyer
Publication year - 2014
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.2013.301614
Subject(s) - medicine , death certificate , cause of death , concordance , stroke (engine) , cancer , cohort , demography , cohort study , disease , mortality rate , population , gerontology , environmental health , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
We determined all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality in western Alaska Native people and examined agreement between death certificate information and adjudicated cause of deaths.