Table 1.
Average annual Rickets-associated and vitamin D deficiency-associated outpatient visit rates/100,000 and incidence rates/100,000/year in AI/AN children population <10 years, by Indian Health Service (IHS) region, 2001-2010.
| IHS | Rickets | Vitamin D deficiency | ||||||
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| region* | No. Visits | Visit rate/ 100,000 |
Incidence | Incidence rate/100,000 |
No. Visits | Visit rate/ 100,000 |
Incidence | Incidence rate/100,000 |
| Alaska | 89 | 33.06 | 30 | 11.15 | 50 | 18.58 | 22 | 8.17 |
| East ** | - | - | - | - | 15 | 18.79 | 13 | 16.29 |
| N. Plains | 25 | 4.34 | 12 | 2.08 | 38 | 6.59 | 28 | 4.86 |
| S. Plains | 32 | 5.86 | 15 | 2.75 | 43 | 7.88 | 16 | 2.93 |
| Southwest | 101 | 10.40 | 30 | 3.09 | 114 | 11.74 | 74 | 7.62 |
| West | 30 | 9.95 | 13 | 4.31 | 65 | 21.55 | 30 | 9.95 |
*
Rates are from the Indian Health Service direct and contract outpatient visit health care data.
**
Rates with ≤ 5 visits are not reported.