From kbyrnes@vdh.state.va.us Wed Jun 26 13:32:54 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g5QKWqw3082802 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:32:52 -0700 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Wed Jun 26 13:32:52 2002 -0700 Received: from vdhsrv20.vdh.state.va.us (vdhsrv20.vdh.state.va.us [169.134.169.20]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.06) with ESMTP id g5QKWpJX010933 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:32:51 -0700 Received: from [169.134.72.1] by vdhsrv20.vdh.state.va.us (NTMail 7.01.0023/NT1764.00.5148df18) with ESMTP id vjfafbaa for waphgis@u.washington.edu; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:47:47 -0400 Received: from vdh.state.va.us ([10.51.106.236]) by vdhsrv1.vdh.state.va.us (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <0GYB002MWYKZ0F@vdhsrv1.vdh.state.va.us> for waphgis@u.washington.edu; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:36:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 16:31:46 -0400 From: kbyrnes Subject: Re: Native American population numbers To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Message-id: <3D1A24B2.1070307@vdh.state.va.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us References: Dick: here's one more lead: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/census_statistics_1980.html Kevin HealthMaps wrote: >Looks like good advice from someone who really knows ... Thanks Alice. > >Is there a source of 1980 census data on the Internet, I have looked, but >drawn a blank. I found www.GeoLytics.com but it is beyond my budget. > >Dick H > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rarig, Alice [mailto:Alice_Rarig@health.state.ak.us] >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:20 PM >To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu'; 'HealthMaps' >Subject: RE: Native American population numbers > > >Proceed with caution. > >Indian Health Service beneficiaries are not the same as the >census-identified populations so you'll have very discrepant counts if you >use "beneficiaries" rather than self-identified populations. > >You should find the county-level data from the decennial censuses. Do NOT >rely on any inter-censal estimates by race age and sex done for the NCI -- >they are seriously flawed -- stick with the decennial census figures OR >shift entirely to beneficiary counts -- one or the other but don't mix 'em >up. > >Also keep in mind very different measures in 2000 from the previous ones, >since now the "American Indian and Alaska Native Alone" and the "Alone or in >combination" give you two extremes but not what people might have reported >if given the option to report only one race. Some of us have come up with >bridge series using an "equal proportions" approach. Get in touch with me if >you want the Alaska calculations or look at the October 2001 Dept of Labor >TRENDS article by Greg Williams. > >Alice Rarig, MA, MPH, PhD, Manager >Data and Evaluation Unit >Division of Public Health >Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services >Juneau AK 99811-0618 >(907) 465 1285 > >-----Original Message----- >From: Macdonald, Steven [mailto:Steven.Macdonald@DOH.WA.GOV] >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 3:25 PM >To: 'HealthMaps'; waphgis@u.washington.edu >Subject: RE: Native American population numbers > >Talk to folks at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board EpiCenter >. > >Steven C Macdonald PhD, MPH >Office of Epidemiology >Washington State Department of Health >phone 360-236-4253 fax 360-236-4245 >email >NICE webpage >"Working to Protect and Improve the Health of People in Washington State" > > >-----Original Message----- >From: HealthMaps [mailto:healthmaps@attbi.com] >Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 4:20 PM >To: waphgis@u.washington.edu >Subject: Native American population numbers > > >I thought I had some resources to draw on to get these data, but all I am >drawing is a blank ... I need a fresh look. > >I need 1980, 1990, 2000 Native American population numbers broken down by >age group(I'll take what I can get) and sex by county for the entire US. > >Is there ONE source somewhere? Someone who might really know? I seem to be >running around in circles with the census, maybe someone has a pathway to >such data? > >Any ideas? > >Thanks ... > >Richard Hoskins >Asst Secretary's Office >WA DOH >1102 Quince Street >Olympia, WA 98504-7812 > > .