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Demographics | Health Statistics | Educational Statistics | Resources
The term "American Indian and Alaska Native" refers to people having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South American (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. The 2005 American Community Survey estimates that the United States population was 288.4 million. Of the total, 4.2 million, or 1.4 percent, reported American Indian and Alaska Native. This number included 2.4 million people, or 0.8 percent, who reported only American Indian and Alaska Native in addition to 1.8 million people, or 0.6 percent, who reported American Indian and Alaska Native as well as one or more other races. [1]
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Incidence and Prevalence of Diseases
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AIDS/HIV, number of 38,096 newly reported cases in 2005 [2] |
198 |
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Cardiovascular Disease [3] |
11.6% |
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Coronary Heart Disease |
7.6% |
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Cleft lip/palate [4] |
More than 3.6 per 1,000 births |
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Diabetes Mellitus |
15.3% |
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome [5] |
3.2 cases per 1,000 live births |
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Stroke |
5.1% |
Risk Factors
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Hypertension |
25.4% |
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Obesity (BMI 30+) [6] |
32.9% |
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According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, approximately 1.2% of students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in the Fall of 2003 were American Indian/Alaska Native. [7] The US Census Bureau indicates that 23% of American Indian and Alaska Native only children ages 5-17 speak a language other than English. [8]
Special Education Identification (Fall 2005) [9]
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% of American Indian and Alaska Natives identified |
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Specific Learning Disabilities |
7.41 |
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Speech or Language Impairment |
2.37 |
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Mental Retardation |
1.04 |
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Emotional Disturbance |
1.11 |
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Multiple Disabilities |
0.27 |
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Hearing Impairment |
0.14 |
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Orthopedic Impairment |
0.09 |
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Other Health Impairment |
1.04 |
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Visual Impairment |
0.06 |
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Autism |
0.21 |
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Deaf-Blindness |
0.00 |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
0.05 |
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Developmental Delay |
0.45 |
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[1] U.S. Census Bureau. American community survey. Data generated by Andrea Moxley; using American FactFinder. Retrieved March 16, 2007 from http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html.
[2] Center for Disease Control and Population. (2007) "Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives." Downloaded March 13, 2007 from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/PDF/aian.pdf [PDF].
[3] American Heart Association. (2007). Heart disease and stroke statistics-2007 update. Dallas: American Heart Association.
[4] Quick reference and fact sheets: Cleft lip and cleft palate. (n.d.) Retrieved March 16, 2007, from http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1210.asp.
[5] Center for Disease Control. Healthy people 2010. Data generated by Andrea Moxley using CDC Wonder. Downloaded from http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010.
[6] American Indians/Alaska Natives and cardiovascular diseases-statistics. (2007). Retrieved March 19, 2007 from http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1168553154544FS02AMIN07.pdf [PDF].
[7] Digest of Education Statistics. (2005). "Percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary school, by race/ethnicity and state: Fall 1993 and Fall 2003". Downloaded March 13, 2007 from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d05/tables/dt05_038.asp.
[8] U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Data generated by Andrea Moxley; using American Fact Finder: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html.
[9] http://www.ideadata.org/tables29th/ar_1-18.htm downloaded March 13, 2007.
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