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Special Reports :: Key Facts - Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives represent 19 percent (119,241) of Alaska's population (626,932). Of the total U.S. All Races population (281,421,906), 0.04 percent are Alaska Natives. The median age for Alaska Natives is 23.6 years compared to 35.3 years for U.S. All Races, and 32.4 years for All Alaskans.REF:[1,2,3] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
1. QuickTable-P1. Age Groups and Sex: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent Data. Geographic Area: United States. U.S. Census Bureau.
2. QuickTable-P1. Age Groups and Sex: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent Data. Geographic Area: Alaska.
3. Summary File 2, 2000 Census. State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Census & Geographic Information Network.
The Alaska Native population, according to the 2000 census, is:
REF:[3] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
3. Summary File 2, 2000 Census. State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Census & Geographic Information Network.
25.7 percent of the Alaska Native population is below the poverty level compared to 17.8 percent for U.S. All Races and 9.8% for All Alaskans.
REF:[4] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
4. Health Status in Alaska, 2000 Edition, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Data and Evaluation Unit. January 2001.
Life expectancy at birth for Alaska Natives is 69.4 years compared to 76.7 years for U.S. All Races and 74.7 years for All Alaskans.
REF:[5,20] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
5. Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 Annual Report, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. June 2000.
20. Life expectancy, the average number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age, is based on a given set of age-specific death rates.
The age-adjusted malignant neoplasm mortality rate for Alaska Natives is 1.5 times (179.8) the rate for both U.S. All Races (123.6) and All Alaskans (120.3).
REF:[5,7,9,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
5. Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 Annual Report, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. June 2000.
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
9. Alaska Native Mortality, 1980-1998. Alaska Area Native Health Service, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Health Statistics. June 2001.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
Alaska Native age-adjusted unintentional injury mortality rates are 3.3 times (100.8) the rate for U.S. All Races (30.1), and 2.4 times the rate for All Alaskans (42.0).
REF:[5,7,9,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
5. Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 Annual Report, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. June 2000.
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
9. Alaska Native Mortality, 1980-1998. Alaska Area Native Health Service, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Health Statistics. June 2001.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
The Alaska Native suicide mortality rate is 4.2 times (43.9) the rate for U.S. All Races (10.4) and almost twice that of All Alaskans (23.7).
REF:[5,7,9,22] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
5. Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 Annual Report, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. June 2000.
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
9. Alaska Native Mortality, 1980-1998. Alaska Area Native Health Service, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Health Statistics. June 2001.
22. The crude death rate is the number of deaths in a year divided by the estimated population and expressed as number of deaths per 100,000 population.
The Alaska Native suicide by firearm rate is 4.9 times (31.1) the rate for U.S. All Races (6.4).
REF:[7,9,22] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
9. Alaska Native Mortality, 1980-1998. Alaska Area Native Health Service, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Health Statistics. June 2001.
22. The crude death rate is the number of deaths in a year divided by the estimated population and expressed as number of deaths per 100,000 population.
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