Increasing trend in the rate of infectious disease hospitalizations among Alaska Native people

• Other Authors: Holman, Robert C, Hennessy, Thomas W, Haberling, Dana L, Callinan, Laura S, Singleton, Rosalyn J, Redd, John T, Steiner, Claudia A, Bruce, Michael G
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alaska Natives; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; American Indians or Alaska Natives; Child; Preschool; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Indians; North American; Infant; Infections/epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology; Young Adult; Indian; Norton Sound; Yukon; Circumpolar Health; Kuskokwim; Alaska
• Online Access: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21083

Objectives To examine the epidemiology of infectious disease (ID) hospitalizations among Alaska Native (AN) people Methods Hospitalizations with a first-listed ID diagnosis for American Indians and ANs residing in Alaska during 2001–2009 were selected from the Indian Health Service direct and contra...