Data / Statistics
Project Data and Relevant Statistics
Cancer
Cancer estimates for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) may be obscured when AI/ANs are incorrectly classified as another race (usually white) in public data sources. Each year the Northwest Tribal Registry Project partners with state cancer registries to correct AI/AN racial misclassification and improve cancer estimates for Northwest AI/AN. The fact sheets below summarize recent cancer incidence estimates for AI/AN in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The Northwest Tribal Registry can also provide cancer data for other races (for example, to compare incidence rates to Non-Hispanic Whites) and AI/AN cancer data for smaller regions (such as your CHSDA). Please contact us if you are interested in additional cancer data for your community.
- Northwest AI/AN cancer fact sheet (2009)
- Idaho AI/AN cancer fact sheet (2009)
- Oregon AI/AN cancer fact sheet (2009)
- Washington AI/AN cancer fact sheet (2009)
Other data sources
The Northwest Tribal Registry pursues record linkage opportunities with various public health data sources in the northwest. We recently worked with Washington hospital discharge records (CHARS) and vital statistics systems to evaluate racial misclassification and increase our understanding of leading causes of hospitalization and death among AI/ANs. Data from these projects are currently being analyzed.
