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Special Reports :: Key Facts - Women
Of the 119,241 Alaska Natives, 49.76 percent (59,331) of the population are females compared to 50.94 percent (143,368,343) for U.S. All Races. The median age for Alaska Native females is 24.5 years compared to 36.5 years for U.S. All Races (females), and 32.5 years for All Alaskans (females).REF:[1,2,3] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
1. QuickTable-P1. Age Groups and Sex: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent Data. Geographic Area: United States. U.S. Census Bureau.
2. QuickTable-P1. Age Groups and Sex: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent Data. Geographic Area: Alaska.
3. Summary File 2, 2000 Census. State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Census & Geographic Information Network.
The fertility rate for Alaska Native women, 15 to 44 years of age (118.4), is nearly double that of U.S. All Races women (65.0).
REF:[6,13,24] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
6. Alaska Native Births and Infant Deaths, 1980-1997. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Division of Planning, Evaluation, and Health Statistics. August 2001.
13. Ventura SJ, Mosher WD, Curtin SC, Abma JC, Henshaw S. Trends in pregnancy rates for the United States, 1976-97: An update. National vital statistics reports; vol 49. no. 4. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2001.
24. Birth rates are per 1,000 population (in the age group, if applicable).
The rate for first Cesarean delivery among Alaska Native females (7.3) is half that of U.S. All Races (14.7).
REF:[10] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
The rate for vaginal births AFTER a previous Cesarean delivery among Alaska Native females (55.2) is twice that of U.S. All Races (27.5).
REF:[10] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
Alaska Native women have an age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rate lower than that of U.S. All Races females (16.3 compared to 21.1).
REF:[10,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
The age-adjusted cervical cancer mortality rate for Alaska Native females is half (1.1) that of U.S. All Races females (2.5).
REF:[10,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
The percentage of Alaska Native mothers who drank during pregnancy was 12.3% compared to 1.5% for U.S. All Races.
REF:[10] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
The percentage of Alaska Native women who began prenatal care in the first trimester (77.4%) was comparable to that of U.S. All Races (81.3%).
REF:[10] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
10. Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1998-99. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Indian health Service, Office of Public Health, Division of Community and Environmental Health, Program Statistics Team.
The age-adjusted cancer mortality rate for Alaska Native females (156.9) is almost one and one-half times that of U.S. All Races females (105.5).
REF:[7,8,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
The age-adjusted suicide mortality rate for Alaska Native females (16.2) is four times that of U.S. All Races females (4.0).
REF:[7,8,21] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
21. Age adjustment is the application of age-specific rates in a population of interest to a standardized age distribution so that differing populations can be compared. It is expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.
Alaska Native females are three times more likely to die from unintentional injuries (54.9) than U.S. All Races females (17.8).
REF:[7,8] FOOTNOTES & DEFINITIONS:
7. Murphy SL. Deaths: Final Data for 1998. National vital statistics reports; vol 48 no. 11. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics. 2000.
8. Three year Age-Adjusted rates for Alaska Natives are prepared from mortality tapes from the State of Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics.
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