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Table 3

Changes in mortality rates between 1979 and 2003 by five-year time period for AN and USW
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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