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- Title
Causes and Disparities in Death Rates Among Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, 1999-2009.
- Authors
Jacobs-Wingo, Jasmine L.; Espey, David K.; Groom, Amy V.; Phillips, Leslie E.; Haverkamp, Donald S.; Stanley, Sandte L.
- Abstract
Objectives. 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. Methods. We linked Indian Health Service patient registration records with the National Death Index to reduce racial misclassification in death certificate data. We calculated age-adjusted urban AI/AN death rates for the period 1999-2009 and compared those with corresponding urban White and rural AI/AN death rates. Results. The top-5 leading causes of death among urban AI/AN persons were heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, diabetes, and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. Compared with urban White persons, urban AI/AN persons experienced significantly higher death rates for all top-5 leading causes. The largest disparities were for diabetes and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis. In general, urban and rural AI/AN persons had the same leading causes of death, although urban AI/AN persons had lower death rates for most conditions. Conclusions. Urban AI/AN persons experience significant disparities in death rates compared with their White counterparts. Public health and clinical interventions should target urban AI/AN persons to address behaviors and conditions contributing to health disparities.
- Subjects
ALASKA; CAUSES of death; NATIVE Americans; DEATH rate; HEALTH of Native Americans; INUIT health; MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE intervals; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY of Native Americans; METROPOLITAN areas; HEALTH equity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 106, Issue 5, p906
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2015.303033