Open AccessInfectious Disease Mortality Among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999–2009
Author(s) -
James E. Cheek,
Robert C. Holman,
John T. Redd,
Dana L. Haberling,
Thomas W. Hennessy
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.2013.301721
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , mortality rate , cause of death , confidence interval , psychological intervention , gerontology , disease , surgery , psychiatry , sociology
We described death rates and leading causes of death caused by infectious diseases (IDs) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons. Methods. We analyzed national mortality data, adjusted for AI/AN race by linkage with Indian Health Service registration records, for all US counties and Contract Health Service Delivery Area (CHSDA) counties. The average annual 1999 to 2009 ID death rates per 100,000 persons for AI/AN persons were compared with corresponding rates for Whites.