Document Type
Report
Abstract
In the last ten years several reports using a variety of health data sets have shown a high proportion of racial misclassification for Northwest American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/ANs). The result of this has been an underestimation of the burden of various diseases among Northwest AI/ANs. To address health issues related to misclassification, the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center has developed the Northwest Tribal Registry (NTR), which contains a demographic data set of 135,060 Northwest AI/ANs, and which can be used for record linkage studies to ascertain accurate disease rates for Northwest AI/ANs.
Publication Date
11-15-1999
Publisher
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
City
Portland, Oregon
Recommended Citation
Bettles, J.; D. Robertson; F.C. Romero; T. Becker; and P. Stehr-Green. "Northwest Tribal Registry--Seattle Indian Health Board Record Linkage Project.." (1999). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nhd/13