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■ American Indian and Alaska Native men were twice as likely to be diagnosed
with stomach and liver cancers as white men were.
■ American Indian women were 20 percent more likely to die from cervical cancer
than white women were.

Diabetes
■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults were 2.3 times as likely as white adults
to be diagnosed with diabetes.
■ American Indian and Alaska Natives were twice as likely as non - Hispanic whites
to die from diabetes in 2003.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults were 1.6 times as likely as white adults
to be obese.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults were 1.3 times as likely as white adults
to have high blood pressure.

Heart Disease
■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults are 1.2 times as likely as white adults
to have heart disease.
■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults are 1.4 times as likely as white adults
to be current cigarette smokers.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults are 1.6 times as likely as white adults
to be obese.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native adults are 1.3 times as likely as white adults
to have high blood pressure.

HIV/AIDS
■ American Indian and Alaska Natives have a 40 percent higher AIDS rates than
their non - Hispanic white counterparts do.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native men have a 10 percent higher AIDS rate than
non - Hispanic white men do.

■ American Indian and Alaska Native women have 3 times the AIDS rate of non -
Hispanic white women.

Immunization
■ In 2004, American Indian and Alaska Native children aged 19 to 35 months
received the recommended doses of vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, Hib

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