Native American Health

• Indian Health Service

Directories

• Tribal and Urban Health Programs (Indian Health Service)

News-Focused

• Researchers Find Lower Survival Rates in Native Americans with Cancer (American Cancer Society)

Organizations

• Indian Health Service
• Office of Research on Minority Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Minority Health)

Seniors

• Native American Elder Population, 1990 (Office for American Indian Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Programs)

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Minorities (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• American Indians and Alaska Natives and Tobacco (American Lung Association)
• Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Native Health Research Database (Indian Health Service, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center Library)
• Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Trends in Indian Health, 1997 (Indian Health Service) - Information in PDF, requires Adobe Acrobat reader installed on workstation.

Statistics

• American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• FASTATS: American Indian Health Facts (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Facts About Heart Disease and Stroke Among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Health Status of Racial/Ethnic Older Women (Bureau of Primary Health Care)
• Native American Elder Population, 1990 (Office for American Indian Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Programs)
• Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Racial/Ethnic Subgroups in the United States, 1991-1993 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Injury Vary Greatly by Region and Sex Among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• State-Specific Prevalence of Selected Health Behaviors, by Race and Ethnicity -- Behavioral Risk Factor, 1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Women

• Health Status of Racial/Ethnic Older Women (Bureau of Primary Health Care)