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Special Reports :: Key Facts - Men

Of the 119,241 Alaska Natives, 50.24 percent (59,910) of the population are males compared to 49.06 percent (138,053,563) for U.S. All Races. The median age for Alaska Native males is 22.7 years compared to 34 years for U.S. All Races (males), and 32.4 years for All Alaskans (males). 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 percentage of Alaska Native males, 16 years of age and over, unemployed is 27.3% compared to 6.4% for U.S. All Races males. REF: [10]
    FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
    10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.

  • Age-adjusted unintentional injury mortality rates are 3.4 times higher for Alaska Native males (146.5) compared to U.S. All Races males (43.0). REF: [7,8,21]
    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.

    8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

    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 age-adjusted suicide by firearm rate among Alaska Native males is 4.9 times (55.6) that of U.S. All Races males (11.4). REF: [7,8,21]
    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.

    8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

    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 age-adjusted cancer mortality rate among Alaska Native males is 1.4 times (206.6) that of U.S. All Races males (147.7). REF: [7,8,21]
    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.

    8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

    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.

  • Age-adjusted lung-cancer mortality rates are slightly higher among Alaska Native males (77.2) compared to U.S. All Races males (69.3). REF: [7,8,21]
    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.

    8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.

    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.


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