(Press-News.org) About The Study: This longitudinal cohort study found that large life expectancy differences between American Indian and Alaska Native individuals and other U.S. residents have been underestimated due to racial misclassification on death certificates, resulting in the statistical erasure of Indigenous people in routine vital statistics.
Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Jacob Bor, SD, email jbor@bu.edu.
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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.8126)
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Life expectancy of American Indian and Alaska Native persons and underreporting of mortality in vital statistics
JAMA
2025-06-16
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