U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Indian Health Service: The Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Regional Differences in Indian Health

Regional Differences Cover Regional Differences in Indian Health, the companion publication to Trends in Indian Health, provides regional information on the health status of American Indian and Alaska Natives based on data from the 12 IHS regional administrative units called Area Offices.

The material in Regional Differences in Indian Health are grouped into seven .pdf* files. Remember, if you want the complete publication, you must download all seven files. If you only want part of the publication, you may download only the specific files in which you are interested.

  1. Preface and Table of Contents (with hypertext links to the remaining .pdf files)
  2. Overview
  3. IHS Structure
  4. Population Statistics
  5. Natality and Infant/Maternal Mortality Statistics
  6. General Mortality Statistics
  7. Patient Care Statistics

*The Regional Differences in Indian Health is now available on-line in portable document format (PDF) files. This file format contains hypertext links and is viewable only with Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) Reader or Adobe(TM) Acrobat(TM) Exchange software.

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Please e-mail questions and comments to Edna Paisano (epaisano@hqe.ihs.gov), Team Leader, Program Statistics Team.

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