Table 1.

2002–2010 Diabetes mortality RR by state in the Great Plains Region

	Lower CI RR*		Upper CI RR†		Lower CI RR	Upper CI RR	RR p value
Montana
AI	69.3†	59.7	79.8	3.36‡	2.88	3.90	0.00
Caucasian	20.6	19.7	21.5
North Dakota
AI	93.2†	77.8	110.4	3.92‡	3.25	4.68	0.00
Caucasian	23.8	22.6	24.9
South Dakota
AI	111.7†	99.3	125.2	5.47‡	4.81	6.19	0.00
Caucasian	20.4	19.5	21.5
Nebraska
AI	48.6†	37.5	61.6	2.37‡	1.82	3.01	0.00
Caucasian	20.5	19.8	21.2
Iowa
AI	21.9	14.9	30.4	1.10	0.758	1.55	0.60
Caucasian	19.7	19.2	20.2
Wyoming
AI	71.3†	52	94.4	3.1‡	2.23	4.11	0.00
Caucasian	23.1	21.8	24.6

RR ALs versus Caucasians.

*RR per 100 000 deaths age adjusted.

†RRs are expressed as mortality RR comparing ALs with Caucasians by state.

‡Denotes statistical significance at the p<0.0001 level.

AL, American-Indian; RR, rate ratio.