TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing trend in the rate of infectious disease hospitalisations among Alaska Native people
AU - Holman, Robert C.
AU - Hennessy, Thomas W.
AU - Haberling, Dana L.
AU - Callinan, Laura S.
AU - Singleton, Rosalyn J.
AU - Redd, John T.
AU - Steiner, Claudia A.
AU - Bruce, Michael G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Objectives. To examine the epidemiology of infectious disease (ID) hospitalisations among Alaska Native (AN) people. Methods. Hospitalisations with a first-listed ID diagnosis for American Indians and ANs residing in Alaska during 2001-2009 were selected from the Indian Health Service direct and contract health service inpatient data. ID hospitalisations to describe the general US population were selected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Annual and average annual (2007-2009) hospitalization rates were calculated. Results. During 2007-2009, IDs accounted for 20% of hospitalisations among AN people. The 20072009 average annual age-adjusted ID hospitalisation rate (2126/100,000 persons) was higher than that for the general US population (1679/100,000; 95% CI 1639-1720). The ID hospitalisation rate for AN people increased from 2001 to 2009 (17%, p<0.001). Although the rate during 2001-2009 declined for AN infants (<1 year of age; p=0.03), they had the highest 2007-2009 average annual rate (15106/100,000), which was 3 times the rate for general US infants (5215/100,000; 95% CI 4783-5647). The annual rates for the age groups 1-4, 5-19, 40-49, 50-59 and 70-79 years increased (p<0.05). The highest 2007-2009 age-adjusted average annual ID hospitalisation rates were in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) (3492/100,000) and Kotzebue (3433/ 100,000) regions; infant rates were 30422/100,000 and 26698/100,000 in these regions, respectively. During 2007-2009, lower respiratory tract infections accounted for 39% of all ID hospitalisations and approximately 50% of ID hospitalisations in YK, Kotzebue and Norton Sound, and 74% of infant ID hospitalisations. Conclusions. The ID hospitalisation rate increased for AN people overall. The rate for AN people remained higher than that for the general US population, particularly in infants and in the YK and Kotzebue regions. Prevention measures to reduce ID morbidity among AN people should be increased in high-risk regions and for diseases with high hospitalisation rates.
AB - Objectives. To examine the epidemiology of infectious disease (ID) hospitalisations among Alaska Native (AN) people. Methods. Hospitalisations with a first-listed ID diagnosis for American Indians and ANs residing in Alaska during 2001-2009 were selected from the Indian Health Service direct and contract health service inpatient data. ID hospitalisations to describe the general US population were selected from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Annual and average annual (2007-2009) hospitalization rates were calculated. Results. During 2007-2009, IDs accounted for 20% of hospitalisations among AN people. The 20072009 average annual age-adjusted ID hospitalisation rate (2126/100,000 persons) was higher than that for the general US population (1679/100,000; 95% CI 1639-1720). The ID hospitalisation rate for AN people increased from 2001 to 2009 (17%, p<0.001). Although the rate during 2001-2009 declined for AN infants (<1 year of age; p=0.03), they had the highest 2007-2009 average annual rate (15106/100,000), which was 3 times the rate for general US infants (5215/100,000; 95% CI 4783-5647). The annual rates for the age groups 1-4, 5-19, 40-49, 50-59 and 70-79 years increased (p<0.05). The highest 2007-2009 age-adjusted average annual ID hospitalisation rates were in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) (3492/100,000) and Kotzebue (3433/ 100,000) regions; infant rates were 30422/100,000 and 26698/100,000 in these regions, respectively. During 2007-2009, lower respiratory tract infections accounted for 39% of all ID hospitalisations and approximately 50% of ID hospitalisations in YK, Kotzebue and Norton Sound, and 74% of infant ID hospitalisations. Conclusions. The ID hospitalisation rate increased for AN people overall. The rate for AN people remained higher than that for the general US population, particularly in infants and in the YK and Kotzebue regions. Prevention measures to reduce ID morbidity among AN people should be increased in high-risk regions and for diseases with high hospitalisation rates.
KW - Alaska
KW - Alaska Native
KW - Hospitalisations
KW - Infectious disease
KW - Lower respiratory tract infection
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U2 - 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20994
DO - 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20994
M3 - Article
C2 - 23984284
AN - SCOPUS:84881273454
SN - 1239-9736
VL - 72
JO - International journal of circumpolar health
JF - International journal of circumpolar health
IS - SUPPL.1
M1 - 20994
ER -