Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

COMMUNITY ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE HAS REDUCED AI/AN MORTALITY

2 graphs:

One shows the reduction in infant mortality rates for American Indians & Alaska Natives from well above the national average down to the average (from 1973 to 2002).

The other graph shows the following:

	% Decrease in Mortality Rates since 1973
Suicide	12.8
Pneumonia & Influenza	25.9
Alchohol-Related	27.2
Cerebrovascular	31.2
Homicide	54.3
Accidental	56.4
Maternal Deaths	64.0
Infant Deaths	66.0
Cervical Cancer	76.0
Tuberculosis	80.8

Notes:

Your going to hear, in a minute, a story that illustrates how the HIT system was born, initially, to address the acute illnesses that were responsible for much of the health disparities in 1973.