Open AccessCauses and Disparities in Death Rates Among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, 1999–2009
Author(s) -
Jasmine Jacobs-Wingo,
David K. Espey,
Amy V. Groom,
Lorraine J. Phillips,
Donald Haverkamp
Publication year - 2016
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.2015.303033
Subject(s) - death certificate , medicine , demography , cause of death , national death index , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , population , public health , environmental health , mortality rate , psychological intervention , disease , confidence interval , pathology , hazard ratio , psychiatry , sociology , endocrinology
To characterize the leading causes of death for the urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) population and compare with urban White and rural AI/AN populations.