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The American era of limited infectious disease ended with the arrival of Europeans in the Americas and the Columbian exchange of microorganisms, including those that cause human diseases. European infections and epidemics had major effects on Native American life in the colonial period and nineteenth century, especially.
Native Americans with diabetes have a significantly higher rate of heart disease than those without diabetes. Cardiovascular disease is the "leading underlying cause of death in diabetic adults" in Native Americans. [21] Diabetes can cause nephropathy, leading to renal function deterioration, failure, and disease. Prior to the increase in ...
Suicide is the eighth leading cause of death for AIANs and for the youth population (10 to 24) it is the second leading cause of death. [14] Doll and Brady report that according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center in 2011, 16% percent of young Native Americans reported attempting suicide at least once. [12]
An insidious, systemic cause of death, especially for American Indians and Alaska Natives. According to Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Nation member Kaili Berg, writing for Native News, keeping in mind ...
At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials ...
Native Americans are far less likely than other racial groups to gain a spot on the national liver transplant list, despite having the highest rate of death from liver disease, according to an ...
The leading causes of death among Native Americans (American Indians and Alaskan Natives) are heart disease, cancer and unintentional injury. The rate of suicide is also a significant concern, as it is above the American national average. [23] Native Americans also face a disproportional share of certain diseases.
However, cancer is prevalent in Native Alaskan women and Native American women as the leading and second leading cause of death, respectively. Death rates are 70% of that for whites, indicating that the ratio of death by cancer to new cancer cases is the highest for Native Americans compared to other ethnic groups. [ 99 ]