Table 2.
Rates of AI/AN people diagnosed with AIDS in 2001, per 100,000 population, before and after correction for racial misidentification, by site—from linkage of HARS records, from five U.S. states and one urban health jurisdiction, with records of the IHS NPIRS, 1984–2002
Numerators of rates were estimated from HARS, with adjustment for reporting delay; denominators were estimated from the 2000 U.S. Census by “bridging” from the multirace categories to the race taxonomy used prior to the 2000 Census. (National Center for Health Statistics [US]. Documentation for bridged-race vintage 2001 [July 1, 2000–July 1, 2001] postcensal population estimates for calculating vital rates. Available from: URL: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/datasets/nvss/bridgepop/DocumentationBridgedPostCenV2001.doc [cited 2005 May 1].)
California data exclude records from Los Angeles County.
AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native
AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
HIV = human immunodeficiency virus
HARS = HIV/AIDS Reporting System
IHS = Indian Health Service
NPIRS = National Patient Information and Registration System