TABLE 4—
Sensitivity and Classification Ratios: National Longitudinal Mortality Study, United States, 1990–2002
| No. AI/AN CHSDA Deaths |
No. AI/AN Non-CHSDA Deaths |
Sensitivitya | Classification Ratiob |
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| Group | CPS | DC | CPS | DC | CHSDA | Non-CHSDA | CHSDA | Non-CHSDA |
| Male and female | 1073 | 996 | 479 | 333 | 68.8 | 28.3 | 1.18 | 1.81 |
| Male | 571 | 516 | 238 | 163 | 69.7 | 30.2 | 1.20 | 1.77 |
| Female | 502 | 480 | 241 | 170 | 67.8 | 26.8 | 1.16 | 1.84 |
| Northern Plains | 370 | 373 | 116 | 99 | 85.5 | 38.6 | 1.00 | 1.20 |
| Alaskac | 208 | 217 | NA | NA | 95.3 | NA | 0.96 | NA |
| Southern Plains | 97 | 75 | 74 | 53 | 42.6 | 29.9 | 1.51 | 2.00 |
| Southwest | 212 | 189 | 31 | 31 | 79.9 | 2.8 | 1.14 | 1.18 |
| Pacific Coast | 160 | 132 | 45 | 21 | 64.9 | 10.7 | 1.16 | 3.34 |
| East | 26 | 10 | 181 | 98 | 12.3 | 28.9 | 3.34 | 1.90 |
| Urban | 321 | 274 | 252 | 157 | 49.5 | 23.2 | 1.36 | 1.86 |
| Rural | 752 | 722 | 227 | 176 | 81.4 | 36.9 | 1.08 | 1.74 |
Note. AI/AN = American Indian and Alaska Native; CHSDA = Contract Health Service Delivery Area; CPS = Current Population Survey; DC = death certificate; NA = not applicable. Includes AI/AN of Hispanic origin. Analyses are based on weighted data and are limited to decedents who linked to CPS.
a
Percentage of CPS AI/AN decedents also coded as AI/AN on the death certificate of all CPS AI/AN decedents.
b
Ratio of the total number of decedents classified as AI/AN on the CPS to the total number of decedents classified as AI/AN on the death certificate.
c
All counties are CHSDA counties.