Death rates from human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis among American Indians/Alaska natives in the United States, 1990û2009

B. Reilley, E. Bloss, K.K. Byrd, J. Iralu, L. Neel and J. Cheek

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue S3, S453-S459

Abstract: Objectives. We used race-corrected data and comprehensive diagnostic codes to better compare HIV and tuberculosis (TB) mortality from 1999 to 2009 between American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and Whites. Methods. National Vital Statistics Surveillance System mortality data were adjusted for AI/AN racial misclassification through linkage with Indian Health Service registration records. We compared average annual 1990 to 2009 HIV and TB death rates (per 100 000 people) for AI/AN persons with those for Whites; Hispanics were excluded. Results. Although death rates from HIV in AI/AN persons were significantly lower than those in Whites from 1990 to 1998 (4.2 vs 7.0), they were significantly higher than those in Whites from 1999 to 2009 (3.6 vs 2.0). Death rates from TB in AI/AN persons were significantly higher than those in Whites, with a significant disparity during both 1990 to 1998 (3.3 vs 0.3) and 1999 to 2009 (1.5 vs 0.1). Conclusions. The decrease in death rates from HIV and TB was greater among Whites, and death rates remained significantly higher among AI/AN individuals. Public health interventions need to be prioritized to reduce the TB and HIV burden and mortality in AI/AN populations.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; American Indian; article; Caucasian; cause of death; child; comparative study; death certificate; ethnology; female; health survey; human; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; infant; Inuit; male; middle aged; mortality; newborn; preschool child; register; statistics; tuberculosis; United States; very elderly, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alaska; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Death Certificates; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; HIV Infections; Humans; Indians, North American; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Inuits; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Registries; Tuberculosis; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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