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Causes and disparities in death rates among urban American Indian and Alaska Native populations, 1999-2009
Jacobs-Wingo JL , Espey DK , Groom AV , Phillips LE , Haverkamp DS , Stanley SL . Am J Public Health 2016 106 (5) e1-e9 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. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print February 18, 2016: e1-e9. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303033). |
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