Incidence of Notifiable Diseases Among American Indians/Alaska Natives — United States, 2007–2011

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations experience substantial disparities in the incidence of multiple diseases compared with other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. A major goal of Healthy People 2020 is to eliminate health disparities, monitor disease trends, and identify popul...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2015-01, Vol.64 (1), p.16-19
Main Authors: Adekoya, Nelson, Truman, Benedict, Landen, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black or African American - statistics & numerical data
Communicable diseases
Communicable Diseases - ethnology
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Incidence
Indians, North American - statistics & numerical data
Inuit - statistics & numerical data
Native Americans
Population Surveillance
Socioeconomic Factors
United States - epidemiology
White People - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations experience substantial disparities in the incidence of multiple diseases compared with other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. A major goal of Healthy People 2020 is to eliminate health disparities, monitor disease trends, and identify population groups and diseases for targeted interventions. High rates of certain infectious diseases continue to be a major problem facing AI/AN populations. During 1990-2011, incidence rates for some infectious diseases declined among AI/AN populations, but disparities remain and AI/AN populations are still disproportionately affected. To describe disparities in selected notifiable diseases among AI/ANs, CDC analyzed data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for 2007-2011, the most recent 5 years for which data are available. The results of this analysis of 26 infectious diseases indicate that incidence rates of 14 diseases were higher for AI/ANs than for whites. Interventions are needed to address and reduce disparities in chlamydia, gonorrhea, West Nile virus, spotted fever rickettsiosis, and other infections among AI/ANs.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X