Abstract
Alaska Natives, as Alaska’s indigenous people are known, live predominantly in rural communities with tiny populations, where small numbers make it difficult to collect meaningful health data. Information on the health status of Alaskans is mostly in the form of regional and state statistics. However, there are a few websites where data looking specifically at the health of Alaska Natives can be found. Those sites and their coverage are described here, starting with the most content-rich site regarding Alaska Natives.
Highlights
Alaska Natives, as Alaska’s indigenous people are known, live predominantly in rural communities with tiny populations, where small numbers make it difficult to collect meaningful health data
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC)’s EpiCenter is 1 of 12 tribal epidemiology centers in the United States established by the Indian Health Service, the federal health program for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Clicking ‘‘Interior Region’’ brings up 78 PDF files, including one called ‘‘Unintentional Injury Deaths.’’ The fact sheet starts with a definition, i.e., ‘‘total number of deaths due to unintentional injuries per 100,000 persons,’’ followed by the corresponding goal from Healthy People 2020 (10-year national health objectives outlined by the US Department of Health and Human Services), in this case to ‘‘reduce unintentional injury death rate to 36.0 per 100,000 persons.’’ is a bulleted list summarizing relevant data for Alaska Natives in the Interior Region, followed by a graph and a table representing the data over a 20-year time period
Summary
Alaska Natives, as Alaska’s indigenous people are known, live predominantly in rural communities with tiny populations, where small numbers make it difficult to collect meaningful health data. The page opens in the ‘‘current data’’ tab, which provides one-page fact sheets in the form of PDF files organized into eight categories: demographics, mortality, morbidity, maternal and child, adult health, adolescent health, prevention, and ‘‘other data.’’. Clicking ‘‘Interior Region’’ brings up 78 PDF files, including one called ‘‘Unintentional Injury Deaths.’’ The fact sheet starts with a definition, i.e., ‘‘total number of deaths due to unintentional injuries per 100,000 persons,’’ followed by the corresponding goal from Healthy People 2020 (10-year national health objectives outlined by the US Department of Health and Human Services), in this case to ‘‘reduce unintentional injury death rate to 36.0 per 100,000 persons.’’ is a bulleted list summarizing relevant data for Alaska Natives in the Interior Region, followed by a graph and a table representing the data over a 20-year time period.
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