Large reductions in COVID-19 death rates between 2021 and 2022 were largely offset by increases in rates of death from unintentional injuries (particularly drug overdoses), chronic liver disease, diabetes, and heart disease, underscoring the difficulties facing Native Americans in achieving reductions ...
Montana’s health departmentdata showsNative American overdose death rates over twice that of other state residents. The Blackfeet Nation declared an emergency last year after17 overdoses in just one week. Stiffarm said federal agencies including the FBI, Border Patrol and Bureau of Indian ...
American Indian and Alaska Native adults had significantly higher heart attack death rates at younger ages compared to adults in other racial and ethnic group, according topreliminary researchto be presented at the American Heart Association'sScientific Sessions 2023. The meeting, to be held Nov. 11...
Some Native American reservations have housing shortages while existing homes can be overcrowded or dilapidated to the point of needing to be boarded up, like this one in Martin, South Dakota. Overcrowding and dangerous housing conditions can create mental and physical health problems.Arielle Zionts/...
The National Cancer Institute has revealed for the first time that young Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) are the race group that experiences the highest rates of cancer death among people their age in the U.S.
The American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) population experiences substantial health disparities, but the extent is not well characterized especially among children and adolescents. In data from the National Center for Health Statistics, AI/AN persons are often not recognized as such on death certific...
The American Indian Holocaust, known as the “500 year war” and the “World’s Longest Holocaust In The History Of Mankind And Loss Of Human Lives.” Genocide and Denying It: Why We Are Not Taught that the Natives of the United States and Canada were Exterminated Death Toll: 95,000,...
Additionally, the IHS points out that the incidence of kidney failure is 1.9 times higher and the death rate due to diabetes is 1.6 times higher for American Indians and Alaska Natives compared to the general American population (Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). Indeed a good ...
Despite the inherent strengths in Tribal communities, and driven in part by social determinants of health, Native American communities face unique health disparities related to the opioid crisis. For instance, in recent years, overdose death rates have been highest among American Indian and Alaska...
Cardiovascular death rates for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are substantially higher than those for Asian American adults, second only to those for Black adults, the research shows. Thefindingswill be presented Saturday at the American Heart Association'sScientific Sessions 2023in Philadelphia....