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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res Lett. 2020 Aug 19;15(9):094019. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9270

Table 3.

Present day summer average wildfire-PM2.5 exposure levels and population sizes by Native American tribal affiliation by development type: urban, rural, and remote rural environment.

Native American
Tribal Affiliation
Urban Rural Remote Rural
Summer Average Exposure Level [μg m−3] Population Size (% of Total Population) Summer Average Exposure Level [μg m−3] Population Size (% of Total Population) Summer Average Exposure Level [μg m−3] Population Size (% of Total Population)

Alaska Athabascan 15 5283 (20%) 8.8 2255 (18%) 13 4372 (11%)
Cherokee 9.7 758 (3%) 4.5 164 (1%) 4.0 40. (<1%)
Other American Indian 8.9 2, 655 (10%) 4.2 771 (6%) 4.0 725 (2%)
Eskimo 8.9 7760 (30%) 3.9 1014 (8%) 3.2 32707 (84%)
Aleut 5.2 4315 (16%) 1.8 3098 (24%) 2.4 869 (2%)
Tlingit-Haida 3.0 4908 (19%) 1.6 4207 (33%) 4.3 40. (<1%)
Other Alaska Native 3.7 528 (2%) 0.8 1139 (9%) 3.7 30. (<1%)