Open AccessDeath Rates From Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Among American Indians/Alaska Natives in the United States, 1990–2009
Author(s) -
Brigg Reilley,
Emily Bloss,
Kathy K. Byrd,
Jonathan Iralu,
Lisa Neel,
James E. Cheek
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.2013.301746
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , demography , environmental health , virology , gerontology , sociology , pathology
We used race-corrected data and comprehensive diagnostic codes to better compare HIV and tuberculosis (TB) mortality from 1999 to 2009 between American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and Whites.