# Presentation: 783933

## MORTALITY RATE DISPARITIES

- 	AI/AN	All Races	AI/AN	AI/AN	All Races	AI/AN
- 	Rate	Rate	to U.S. 	Rate	Rate	to U.S.
- _	__1999-01__	__2000__	__All Races__	__1996-98__	__1997__	__All Races_

**MORTALITY RATE DISPARITIES**
- American Indians and Alaska Natives in the IHS Service Area
- 1996-1998 to 1999-2001 and U.S. All Races 1997 and 2000
- (Age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 population)

- ALL CAUSES	1,059.8	872.0	1.2	1,070.8	888.5	1.2
- Alcoholism	43.2	7.0	6.2	45.0	7.3	6.2
- Tuberculosis	1.9	0.3	6.3	2.0	0.4	5.0
- Diabetes	77.7	25.2	3.1	77.8	24.2	3.2
- Motor vehicle crashes	48.5	16.0	3.0	43.1	13.9	3.1
- Suicide	17.0	10.6	1.6	18.0	11.4	1.6
- Homicide	11.4	6.1	1.9	12.9	7.3	1.8
- Cervical cancer	3.8	2.8	1.4	5.2	3.2	1.6
- Infant deaths 1/	8.8	6.9	1.3	8.9	7.2	1.2
- Diseases of the heart	243.8	257.9	0.9	272.4	278.1	1.0
- Cerebrovascular diseases	63.7	60.8	1.0	62.8	65.6	1.0
- Malignant neoplasms (All)	184.1	201.0	0.9	187.5	207.9	0.9
- HIV Infection	3.3	5.1	0.6	3.3	6.5	0.5
- Unintentional Injuries                  88.8         35.5            2.5                     98.7         37.3           2.6
- 1/ Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
- NOTE:  American Indian and Alaska Native rates were adjusted to compensate for race misreporting on state death certificates.  ICD-10 codes were introduced in 1999.  Comparability ratios have been applied.  Rates are based on the 2000 Census with bridged-race categories.
- 			                       	Source:  IHS/OPHS/DPS  (December 2005)

## FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR

**DECEDENTS 5 TO 14 YEARS OF AGE**
- American Indians and Alaska Natives, IHS Service Area, 1999-2001 and
- U.S. All Races and White Populations, 2000
- (Rate per 100,000 population)

- ALL CAUSES	30.1	18.7	17.0	1.6	1.8
- Unintentional Injuries	18.0	7.3	6.9	2.5	2.6
-    Motor vehicle	11.3	4.3	4.3	2.6	2.6
-    Other unintentional injuries	6.7	3.0	2.6	2.2	2.5
- Suicide	1.8	0.7	0.8	2.6	2.3
- Malignant neoplasms	1.3	2.5	2.6	0.5	0.5
- Homicide and legal intervention	0.9	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.3
- Diseases of the heart	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.2
- 1/ Adjusted to compensate for misreporting of AI/AN race on state death certificates.
- NOTE: Causes of death are listed based upon the order of adjusted number of deaths.  ICD-10 codes were introduced in 1999.  Comparability ratios have been applied.  Rates are based on the 2000 Census with bridged-race categories.
- 				Source:  IHS/OPHS/DPS  (December 2005)

- 		 			Ratio		Ratio
- 		AI/AN	U.S.	U.S.	AI/AN to		AI/AN to
- 		Rate	All Races	White	U.S.		U.S.
- 	_	__Adjusted _1/_	__Rate__	__Rate__	__All Races__	__	__White_

## FIVE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH FOR

**DECEDENTS 15 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE**
- American Indians and Alaska Natives, IHS Service Area, 1999-2001 and
- U.S. All Races and White Populations, 2000
- (Rate per 100,000 population)

- ALL CAUSES	181.3	81.6	74.5	2.2	2.4
- Unintentional Injuries	106.7	36.0	38.3	3.0	2.8
-    Motor vehicle	84.0	26.9	28.7	3.1	2.9
-    Other unintentional injuries	22.7	9.1	9.6	2.5	2.4
- Suicide	28.5	10.2	10.7	2.8	2.7
- Homicide	15.6	12.6	6.4	1.2	2.4
- Malignant neoplasms  	4.5	4.4	4.3                     	1.0             1.0
- Diseases of the heart	2.8	2.6	2.1	   1.1	1.3
- 1/ Adjusted to compensate for misreporting of AI/AN race on state death certificates.
- NOTE: Causes of death are listed based upon the order of adjusted number of deaths.  ICD-10 codes were introduced in 1999.  Comparability ratios have been applied.  Rates are based on the 2000 Census with bridged-race categories.
- 				Source:  IHS/OPHS/DPS  (December 2005)

- 		 			Ratio		Ratio
- 		AI/AN	U.S.	U.S.	AI/AN to		AI/AN to
- 		Rate	All Races	White	U.S.		U.S.
- 	_	__Adjusted _1/_	__Rate__	__Rate__	__All Races__	__	__White_