PMC full text:
Table 3
Changes in mortality rates between 1979 and 2003 by five-year time period for AN and USW
aPercent change = (rate of 1999–2003 minus rate of 1979–1983)/rate of 1979–1983. Changes are statistically significant unless noted otherwise.
AN = Alaska Native
USW = U.S. white
COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
NS = not statistically significant

