Injuries among Native Americans: Fact Sheet

[Thunderwolf, MSN, RN]

occurrence

• injuries are the leading cause of death for native americans ages 1 to 44 and the third leading cause of death overall (cdc 2003).
  
  
• injuries and violence account for 75% of all deaths among native americans ages 1 to 19 (wallace 2000).
  
  
• native americans 19 years and younger are at greater risk of preventable injury-related deaths than others in the same age group in the united states. compared with blacks and whites, this group had the highest injury-related death rates for motor vehicle crashes, pedestrian events, and suicide. rates for these causes were two to three times greater than rates for whites the same age. during 1989-1998, injuries and violence caused the deaths of 3,314 native american children living in indian health service (ihs) areas (wallace 2003).
  

for the entire page,

website: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nativeamericans.htm