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Native Americans Four Times More Vulnerable to H1N1 Death, Says CDC
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, December 16, 2009
Specifically, of the 426 H1N1 deaths in those states during that period, 42, or 9.9%, occurred among those populations, although they make up approximately 3% of the population in those states. The incidence was 3.7 per 100,000, compared with .9 per 100,000 for all other racial/ethnic populations combined.
Of those 42 deaths, 81% had high-risk health conditions, compared to 77.6% of persons in all other racial/ethnic populations combined.
Cheryl Clark is a senior editor and California correspondent for HealthLeaders Media Online. She can be reached at cclark@healthleadersmedia.com. Follow Cheryl Clark on Twitter.
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