Alaska Native Injury Data

 

ANTHC's Injury Prevention Program and Alaska Native Epidemiology Center work together to provide injury prevention data to Tribal Health Organizations and Alaska Native communities through publications such as:

 

Injury Facts

  • Injuries are the leading cause of death for all Alaska Native people when unintentional and intentional injuries are combined.

  • One out of every four Alaska Native deaths is caused by injury.

  • Unintentional injuries alone are the fourth leading cause of death overall. Per capita, Alaska Native people die from unintentional injuries twice as often as all American Indian and Alaska Native people, and nearly three times as often as all Americans.

  • The leading cause of injury death among Alaska Native people is suicide. Each year an average of 44 Alaska Native people die from suicide - that's one suicide every eight days. Alaska Native people are more than three times as likely to commit suicide than the U.S. all races population.

  • Injuries disproportionately affect young people. A full 52% of deaths among Alaska Native children aged 1-19 are caused by injury.

 
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