Leading Causes of Preventable Death in the United States

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Leading Causes of Preventable Death in the United
States

• Commercial tobacco use (e.g. smoking)
• Overweight and obesity
• Excessive alcohol consumption
• Differences among AI/ANs not known
• Except excessive alcohol consumption

Source Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup DF,
Gerberding JL. Actual causes of
death in the United States, 2000. JAMA
20042911238--45.
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Cross-Cutting Public Health Issues Among AI/ANs

• About half of unintentional injuries are due to
  Motor vehicle traffic crashes
• Approximately Half of all motor vehicle traffic
  crashes are associated with excessive alcohol
  consumption
• Excessive alcohol consumption is also related to
  violent death (e.g. homicide)

Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC
ARDITM, Accessed 2/12/2008, www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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Top Causes of Death, AI/ANs, US 20012005
Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC ARDITM
custom analysis, Accessed 2/12/2008,
http//www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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Percent of All Deaths, AI/ANs, US 20012005
Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC ARDITM
custom analysis, Accessed 2/12/2008,
http//www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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Top Causes of YPLLs, AI/ANs, US 20012005
Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC ARDITM
custom analysis, Accessed 2/12/2008,
http//www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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Percent of All YPLLs, AI/ANs, US 20012005
Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC ARDITM
custom analysis, Accessed 2/12/2008,
http//www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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Top Causes of YPLLs/Death, AI/ANs, US
20012005
Source CDC WISQARS, Accessed 03/12/2008,
www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Alcohol-attributable deaths are included in
deaths identified by WISQARS Source CDC ARDITM
custom analysis, Accessed 2/12/2008,
http//www.cdc.gov/alcohol
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AI/AN Children winning a race
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Promoting Wellness

• Increasing community
  physical activity
• HP/DP Physical Activity Kit
• Just Move It
• Employee Fitness Challenge
• HP/DP pilot projects
• HP/DP grantees
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

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Promoting Wellness (cont.)

• Reducing youth
  alcohol consumption
• Protecting You/
  Protecting Me
• Youth in Action
• Youth Leadership Institute
• Increasing Community
  Capacity
• Healthy Natives Community Fellowship
• Community Champion Forum

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Strategies

• Focusing on effective clinical and community
  public health strategies
• Identifying and implementing best practices to
  reduce the health burden among AI/ANs
• Increasing community capacity and infrastructure

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Strategies (cont.)

• Promoting school and worksite wellness
• Identifying additional funding to support
  prevention efforts in communities
• Promoting community health assessment and
  community mobilization projects

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Health Promotion Disease Prevention Community
Policies

• Increasing access to healthy food choices
• Promotion of physical activity in schools,
  communities and the work place
• Reduction in excessive alcohol consumption
  through decreased availability
• Reduction of commercial tobacco use among
  communities, businesses, and workplaces