1925: American Indian TB deaths outpace general population

Tuberculosis mortality in 1925 is 87 deaths per 100,000 in the U.S., in general. Among American Indians and Alaska Natives it is 603 per 100,000. Among tribes in Arizona, it reaches 1,510 per 100,000.

Theme

Epidemics

Region

Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic