Table III.

Hospitalisation rates for select infectious disease groups among Alaska Native people by region, Alaska, 2007–2009a

	Anchorage		Barrow		Yukon-Kuskokwim		Bristol Bay
Infectious disease group	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Lower respiratory tract infection	637	472.6	154	1094.3	1197	1513.0	107	744.8
Skin and soft tissue infections	389	266.5	53	461.8	520	806.7	39	302.2
Abdominal and rectal infection	240	125.5	33	217.1	182	227.9	27	149.6
Kidney, urinary tract and bladder infection	192	186.7	22	225.2	146	283.9	19	153.3
Septicaemia	239	222.8	18	166.0	76	137.9	14	113.1
Upper respiratory tract infection	52	25.1	15	77.6	69	65.3	*	*
Infection related to pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperiumb	132	116.2	14	223.6	64	162.8	*	*
	Kotzebue		Mt. Edgecumbe		Norton Sound		Overall Alaska
Infectious disease group	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Lower respiratory tract infection	330	1460.7	277	761.2	321	1245.4	3029	812.9
Skin and soft tissue infections	74	433.0	127	309.6	58	266.9	1268	354.0
Abdominal and rectal infection	45	213.9	73	168.4	40	144.8	645	148.7
Kidney, urinary tract and bladder infection	61	442.6	80	200.0	21	86.1	546	190.2
Septicaemia	20	124.6	57	158.8	20	92.2	465	163.1
Upper respiratory tract infection	33	116.2	83	172.0	25	73.3	286	58.3
Infection related to pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperiumb	32	301.6	16	55.2	20	67.8	285	117.2

^aRate per 100,000 persons of corresponding group. Rates for Alaska Native people were determined from the Indian Health Service (IHS) direct and contract health service inpatient dataset. The Interior Alaska and Annette Island regions are included in the overall analysis, but not presented due to non-reporting and small number of hospitalisations.

^bFemale only.

^*Less than 10 hospitalisations.