TABLE 2.

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Native Hawaiian Combination Group Compared With Native Hawaiian Alone Group, Blacks, and Whites: 1990–2000

	Death Ratea for 1990 Native Hawaiian Combination Group (Model 1), by Year			Ratiob for Native Hawaiian Alone Group (Model 2), by Year			Ratiob for Blacks (Model 3), by Year			Ratiob for Whites (Model 4), by Year
	1990	1995	2000	1990	1995	2000	1990	1995	2000	1990	1995	2000
Age group, y
< 1	234	144	192	2.96	2.57	2.43	1.14	1.51	1.15	0.47	0.62	0.52
1–4	46	33	17	3.02	2.67	2.52	0.92	1.17	1.81	0.50	0.59	1.11
5–14	28	39	30	2.58	2.30	2.17	1.78	1.27	1.26	1.16	0.79	0.94
15–24	192	145	110	2.21	1.94	1.83	1.15	1.53	1.60	0.65	0.81	1.07
25–34	210	225	115	2.49	2.26	2.14	1.86	1.71	2.33	0.78	0.74	1.20
35–44	453	483	587	1.76	1.59	1.50	1.74	1.73	1.03	0.69	0.70	0.54
45–54	1 091	1 147	952	1.45	1.32	1.25	1.14	1.09	1.16	0.53	0.49	0.58
55–64	1 511	1 645	1 554	1.59	1.51	1.42	1.13	0.97	0.93	0.65	0.56	0.55
65–74	2 878	2 615	2 831	1.45	1.44	1.36	0.85	0.90	0.80	0.59	0.63	0.56
75–84	3 573	3 119	4 210	1.27	1.38	1.31	0.87	1.00	0.73	0.75	0.84	0.61
≥ 85	2 247	2 806	3 115	0.93	1.08	1.02	0.99	0.79	0.75	1.07	0.86	0.79
Total	12 463	12 400	13 715	17 457	17 211	17 828	12 500	12 279	11 555	9 111	8 924	8 765

Note. Native Hawaiian Combination refers to those classified as being of Native Hawaiian heritage, alone or in combination with other races, as part of the 1990 US Census definition. Native Hawaiian Alone refers to those classified as being exclusively of Native Hawaiian heritage as part of the 2000 US Census definition.

^aDeath rates are per 10 000 population.

^bRatio of death rate for indicated group to death rate for 1990 Native Hawaiian Combination group.