Trends in Indian Health contains tables and charts describing the Indian Health Service program and the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Information pertaining to the IHS structure, American Indian and Alaska Native demography, patient care, and community health are included. Historical trends are depicted, and comparisons to other population groups are made, when appropriate.

The material in Trends in Indian Health are grouped into eight .pdf^* files. Remember, if you want the complete publication, you must download all eight 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
8. Community Health Statistics

^* The Trends 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.