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Alaska Natives ↔ U.S.

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Alaska Natives are a demographic group residing within the U.S., as evidenced by the comparison of their health statistics to the general U.S. population in [1] and the census data regarding their population elders living in the United States in [2].

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The Role Of Traditional Foods In Native Elder Health icaa.cc International Council on Active Aging 1 fact
measurementThere are nearly 800,000 people age 65 and older in the United States who identify as American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander elders.
Indigenous Foods: a Path to Healthy Living nicoa.org NICOA 1 fact
measurementMore than 16% of American Indians and Alaska Natives have diabetes, which is a rate more than twice as high as that of the general United States population.