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Peer reviewedHorm, John W.; Burhansstipanov, Linda – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1992
Overall cancer incidence among southwestern American Indians is less than half that of U.S. whites; Alaska Native and white rates are similar. However, both native groups have elevated rates for specific cancers (stomach, liver, and gallbladder), and Indians have low five-year survival rates. Data tables outline incidence, mortality, and survival…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Cancer
Peer reviewedBecker, Thomas M.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Examines ethnic differences in infectious disease-related mortality in New Mexico's American Indian, Hispanic White, and other White populations from 1958-87. Findings indicate that for most infectious causes, American Indians had the highest mortality rates, followed by Hispanics. Discusses the influence of cultural beliefs and medical practices.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Communicable Diseases, Cultural Differences, Disease Incidence
Download full textHIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2001
This report includes new tables which present trends in estimated annual AIDS incidence from 1996-00, by U.S. region, race/ethnicity, and exposure category. Some of the tables include: persons reported to be living with HIV infection and with AIDS, by state and age group; AIDS cases and annual rates per 100,000 population, by metropolitan area and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Age Differences, Disease Incidence
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2002
This report presents tables on: persons reported to be living with HIV infection and AIDS, by area and age group; AIDS cases and annual rates and HIV infection cases, by area and age group; male and female adult/adolescent annual AIDS and HIV infection rates; AIDS and HIV cases by age group, exposure category, and sex; male and female…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Age Differences, Disease Incidence
Indian Health Service (PHS/HSA), Rockville, MD. – 1996
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives living on or near federal reservations (about 60 percent of the Native population). This publication is composed primarily of data tables and graphs that describe…
Descriptors: Accidents, Age Groups, Alaska Natives, Birth Rate
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 2001
One of the strengths of the 1990 World Summit for Children was its emphasis on goals to drive development and shape actions, and on the need to monitor progress, thereby transforming the way the world collected and processed data on children and women and creating a vital base and baseline for progress. In 2000, an exhaustive end-decade review of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Literacy, Birth Weight, Breastfeeding
