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Differential alcohol-related mortality among American Indian tribes in Oklahoma, 1968-1978

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  • Christian, Charles M.
  • Dufour, Mary
  • Bertolucci, Darryl

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Tribal differences in alcohol-related mortality were examined among 11 Indian tribes living in Oklahoma. Data on alcohol-related deaths from 1968 to 1978 were compiled and assigned to various tribes on the basis of population distributions by county. Results showed significant differences in alcohol-related mortality among the various tribes. Of the 267,238 total deaths in Oklahoma during the study period, 9.3% of Indian deaths were alcohol-related while only 3.2% of those among blacks and 2.4% of those among whites were classified as such. Indian males and females are far more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths than their black and white counterparts. Cheyenne-Arapaho, Comanche and Kiowa areas (located in the western part of the state) have higher alcohol-related deaths than Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole and Pawnee areas (located in eastern Oklahoma). Indian residents of the Seminole area have the lowest percentage of deaths identified as alcohol-related. The patterns which emerge may be due to different cultural and historical factors among the Indian tribes.

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  • Christian, Charles M. & Dufour, Mary & Bertolucci, Darryl, 1989. "Differential alcohol-related mortality among American Indian tribes in Oklahoma, 1968-1978," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 275-284, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:28:y:1989:i:3:p:275-284
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    1. David G. Blanchflower & Donn. L. Feir, 2023. "Native Americans’ experience of chronic distress in the USA," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 36(2), pages 885-909, April.

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