SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE RATES AMONG U.S. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AREAS: THE INCOME INEQUALITY HYPOTHESIS

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Young ◽  
Laurence A. French
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Relative Poverty ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Spearman’S Correlation

Analysis of data for all 12 U.S. Indian Health Service (IHS) areas yielded a significant Spearman's correlation coefficient of .65 between absolute poverty and suicide and a significant Rho of .52 with homicide rates. Nonsignificant correlation coefficients were found for relative poverty and suicide and homicide rates. Implications for the income inequality hypothesis are discussed.

IS THE AMOUNT OF DEATH INSTINCT CONSTANT AMONG U.S. INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AREAS: A REPLICATION

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-107
Author(s):  
Thomas T. Young
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Death Instinct ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The U.S

Death rates for nonmotor vehicle related accidents, heart disease, and murder were obtained from the U.S. Indian Health Service for all 11 health service areas. In contrast to predictions derived from Tabachnick and Klugman's hypothesis that the amount of death instinct per capita in different regions should be constant, no statistically significant negative correlations were found, for these three variables. These findings replicate results, from earlier studies using Native and non-Native American populations.

Mortality Rates and Aggression Management among Native Americans

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 665-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Young
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Aggression Management ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Using Data

Using data from the general USA population, Field reported that various causes of death correlated with measures of aggression management obtained from suicide and homicide rates. Since in this study replication of these findings cross-culturally was not successful with data for US Indian Health Service areas and Field did not explain his ecological correlations, the reliability and validity of his findings may be questioned.

Suicide and Homicide among Native Americans: A Comment

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Indian Health Service ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The U.S

In the 12 regions of the U.S. Indian Health Service in 1980 suicide rates were most strongly associated with the number of households in the areas while homicide rates were predicted by poverty and income.

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