CAICW - Population, Health & Related Statistics re: US & Can. Native American Communities.

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The rate of FASD in North America is conservatively estimated to be 1/100 or 1% of the population. About twenty babies are born with FASD each day in Canada.
However, in the Native American community, the incidence of FAS has been estimated to be 7-16% and could be even higher... (1)

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"About 20% of Native Americans aged 12 and older used an illicit drug in the past year (versus 12% in the total U.S. population), and about 7.8% were in need of illicit drug abuse treatment (versus 2.7%)." (4)

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"A 1998 study by the BC FAS Resource Society estimated that the prevalence of FAS/FAE in high risk populations, including First Nations and Inuit communities, might be as high as 1in 5." (5)

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Statistics related to North American Tribal Communites

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Canadian Statistics

According to the Canadian Comparable Health Indicators Report of November 2004 (2) , "there are areas for improvement as it relates to the health of Aboriginal people in Canada."

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United States Statistics

"Although highly variable among tribes, alcohol abuse is a factor in five leading causes of death for American Indians, including motor vehicle crashes, alcoholism, cirrhosis, suicide, and homicide. Mortality rates for crashes and alcoholism are 5.5 and 3.8 times higher, respectively, among American Indians than among the general population." (3)

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(1) - United States, Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Prevalence of Substance Use Among Racial & Ethnic Subgroups in the U.S., Highlights," The NHSDA Report, May 2003, SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, Online article, 26 Mar. 2005 <http://oas.samhsa.gov/NHSDA/Ethnic/ethn1006.htm#E10E2>

(2) - Health Canada, Healthy Canadians: A Federal Report on Comparable Health Indicators 2004, online article, 9 Jan. 2006. <http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/nr-cp/2004/2004_60bk3_e.html>

(3) - United States, Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Prevalence of Substance Use Among Racial & Ethnic Subgroups in the U.S., Highlights," The NHSDA Report, May 2003, SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, Online article, 26 Mar. 2005 <http://oas.samhsa.gov/NHSDA/Ethnic/ethn1006.htm#E10E2>

(4) - United States, Dept. of Health and Human Services, "Prevalence of Substance Use Among Racial & Ethnic Subgroups in the U.S., Highlights," The NHSDA Report, May 2003, SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, Online article, 26 Mar. 2005 <http://oas.samhsa.gov/NHSDA/Ethnic/ethn1006.htm#E10E2>

(5) - Health Canada, "FAS/FAE Technical Working Group," It Takes a Community: Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative. (Ottawa: Health Canada, 1997), 1

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