NR AUCA
AU Maddox,R.A.; Holman,R.C.; Belay,E.D.; Cheek,J.E.; Yorita,K.L.; Schonberger,L.B.
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States
QU Neurology 2006 Feb 14; 66(3): 439-41
PT journal article
AB The occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States was evaluated using national multiple cause-of-death data and medical information obtained from state health departments. Twelve CJD deaths were identified for 1981 through 2002, and the average annual age-adjusted death rate was 0.47 per million population. This rate was significantly lower than that for whites and similar to the rate for African Americans.
MH Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alaska/epidemiology; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*mortality; Humans; Indians, North American/*statistics & numerical data; Inuits/*statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; United States/epidemiology
AD Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. rmaddox@cdc.gov
SP englisch
PO USA