Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Rural Health Information Hub

 

Native Americans Left Out of 'Deaths of Despair' Research

Source
NPR
Link
View Full Story
Date
Feb 1, 2023
Summary
A study published in The Lancet says that premature "deaths of despair" have affected American Indian and Alaska Native communities more than white communities. American Indians and Alaska Native people were not surveyed in a 2015 study that looked at death rates for 45-54 year-olds from 1999-2013.
Tagged as
Alcohol use · American Indian or Alaska Native · Health disparities · Illicit drug use · Mortality · Suicide and suicide prevention · White