Disparities in Life Expectancy of Pacific Northwest American Indians and Alaska Natives: Analysis of Linkage-Corrected Life Tables

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Discusses a project in which patient record linkage was used to correct racial misclassification on death certificates issued in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington during 2008-2010, which had resulted in inflation of life expectancy estimates and underreporting of morbidity and mortality measures for American Indians and Alaska Natives living in the Pacific Northwest. Includes statistics with breakdowns including age, sex, state, mortality rates, and rates of death certificate racial misclassification.

Jenine Dankovchik, Megan J. Hoopes, Victoria Warren-Mears, Elizabeth Knaster

Public Health Reports, 130(1), 71-80

2015

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American Indian or Alaska Native · Health disparities · Mortality · Statistics and data · Idaho · Oregon · Washington