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. 2015 Apr 15;3(1):e000070. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2014-000070

Table 2.

Mortality rates* and RR by tribal CHSDA regions

Tribe, state #Deaths Rate SE Lower CI Upper CI RR† Lower CI RR Upper CI RR RR p value
Conf.SalishKootenai, MT 408 33.0 7.3 20.3 50.1 1.78 1.08 2.74 0.02
Ponca, NE 2075 43.8 7.2 30.8 59.6 2.09 1.47 2.86 0.00
ChippewaCree, MT 68 57.0 16.8 29 100.5 2.57 1.23 4.91 0.01
AssiniboineGrosVentre, MT 37 67.0 19 35.1 114.3 3.42 1.49 7.10 0.00
SpiritLakeDakota, ND 96 93.6 24.3 52.2 152.9 3.70 1.94 6.48 0.00
Crow, MT 490 81.5 12.5 58.9 109 3.84 2.74 5.23 0.00
TurtleMtnChippewa, ND 76 122.5 16.7 91.9 159.1 4.03 2.094 7.67 0.00
Winnebago, NE 427 104.0 19 70.3 146.5 4.19 2.79 6.007 0.00
RosebudSioux, SD 147 101.4 13 77.5 129.8 4.24 2.94 5.98 0.00
Mandan,Hidatsa, Arikara, ND 766 125.6 15.3 97.4 158.7 4.68 3.59 5.99 0.00
ShoshoneAraphoe, WY 207 113.8 18.9 79.9 155.7 4.77 3.23 6.80 0.00
AssiniboineSioux, MT 136 119.1 21.2 81.3 166.7 4.92 3.16 7.34 0.00
Blackfeet, MT 78 106.7 16.6 76.7 143.6 5.13 3.03 8.51 0.00
StandingRock, SD‡
OgalaSioux, SD 446 110.9 8.9 94.2 129.5 5.77 4.70 7.05 0.00
CrowCreekSioux, SD§ 120 148.7 32.3 92.3 222.3 5.84 3.45 9.25 0.00
NorthernCheyenne, MT 81 114.5 17.7 82.4 153.6 5.91 3.49 9.93 0.00
CheyenneRiverSioux, SD 198 146.9 18.4 113 186.8 6.04 4.38 8.19 0.00
SissetonWahpetonOyate, SD 206 142.0 29.9 89.6 210.3 7.04 4.32 10.78 0.00
YanktonSioux, SD 183 154.3 30.3 100.7 223.7 7.05 4.41 10.66 0.00
Omaha, NE 151 181.9 34.8 120.1 261.3 9.05 5.68 13.72 0.00
Sac&Fox, IA 32 173.0 57.3 79.6 315.1 10.25 4.33 20.66 0.00
Santee Sioux
Flandreau
Lower Brule Sioux§

*RR ALs versus Caucasians.

†Death rate per 100 000.

‡The Standing Rock tribe of South Dakota did not want tribal-specific rates published.

§GPTCHB requested that tribal county be used instead of CHSDA AI population. Surveillance Research Program, National Cancer Institute SEER*Stat software (http://www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat) V.8.0. SEER Program (http://www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Mortality—All COD, Public-Use With County, Total U.S. for Expanded Races (2002–2010), National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released July 2013. Underlying mortality data provided by NCHS (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs).

¶Less than 10 cases.

AL, American-Indian; CHSDA, Contract Health Service Delivery Area; GPTCHB, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board; RR, rate ratio; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.