Morbidity and Mortality Trends:
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Fatality rate due to motor vehicle accidents is 3.7 times the rate of the general public in California.
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Fatality rate due to suicide is 3.3 times the rate of the general public.
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Fatality rate due to unintentional falls is 3.6 the rate of the general population.
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A 1998 needs assessment of the AI community indicated that 70% of the population had or knew someone in his/her family that had an alcohol or substance abuse problem
Children's Issues:
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The 2000 Census indicated that 28% of the American Indian population is under 18.
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In 1998, 1.39% of child welfare cases involved American Indians, while for the overall population, the rate was only 0.01%.
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From 1991-1996, the teen pregnancy rate among American Indians was six times that of the general public.
Elder's Issues:
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A 2000 American Indian Elder Needs Assessment revealed that 12% of elders have some impairment in the performance of daily living activities.
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The same study found that 16% had difficulties with instrumental activities such as finances, cooking, or handling their medications.
Population Size:
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The 2000 Census reported that there are 11,350 American Indians in Santa Clara County. This is a 24.3% increase since 1990.
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If we include people who identified themselves a multi-racial, the American Indian community in the area is likely to exceed 25,000.
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61% or American Indians from Santa Clara County live in San Jose.
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Since San Jose was a relocation site in the 1950s and 1960s, this population represents over 80 different tribes, with no one tribe being dominant.
Population Age:
Population Income:
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In 1990, 30% of American Indian households made less then $25,000 annually.
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12.7% of American Indians live in poverty.
* Updated August 2001 from "Maintaining a Tradition of Healing: An Analysis of the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) and the Community It Serves.".
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