Limiting the ability of tribes and tribal epidemiology centers to monitor and respond to public health issues makes historical health disparities difficult to address. Life expectancy among American Indians and Alaskan Natives is at least 5½ years shorter than the national average. Sarah Shewbrooks ...
- Average life expectancy: 75.4 - Total seniors in the state: 854,312 (17.4% of state population) - Health care for seniors rank: #44 - Senior demographics: --- Median age: 73 --- Breakdown by sex: 43.7% male, 56.3% female --- Breakdown by race: 77.2% White, 20.1% Black or Af...
I'm your host, Steven Johnson. If you've listened to the last few episodes of the show, you'll have noticed a recurring theme that's come up in those conversations on health: the dismal trends in life expectancy in the United States. In August, the government announced the...
46 Life expectancy in the calculation of relative survival was based on detailed life tables.47 Although, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated the quality of linkages between cancer registry and mortality data for follow-up of AIAN patients with cancer, survival estimates for Hispanic ...
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medical responders, information-technology experts, and paralegals — sometimes in the span of a single shift. It's a demanding job by almost any definition. In fact, due largely to job-related stress, law-enforcement officers have a life expectancy 22 years shorter than the average Ameri...
American Indian and Alaska Native elders have the shortest life expectancy of all non-white groups in the USA (CDC, 2022). Despite this disparity, Native elders experience higher rates of morbidity, often necessitating skilled care. Previous research has indicated that enhancing treatment for AI/AN...
TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA Status:Territory Governor:Lolo Matalasi (2013) Capital (2011 est.):Pago Pago, 64,000 Total area:77 sq mi (199 sq km) Population (2014 est.):54,517 (growth rate: –0.35%); birth rate: 22.87/1000; infant mortality rate: 8.92/1000; life expectancy: 74.91 ...
(2023). Decomposing the differences in healthy life expectancy between migrants and natives: The ‘healthy migrant effect’ and its age variations in Australia. Journal of Population Research, 41(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12546-023-09325-8 Article Google Scholar Hull, S. (2013). ...
so more work is needed. Life expectancy at birth is 4.6 years less for Black males as compared to White males at birth; and 1.8 years shorter given survival to age 65 (red underline males; yellow highlight females). It is longer for Hispanic males and females, a complex phenomenon know ...