Table of Contents

1 Front matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 I Overview of Demographic and Health Conditions; 4 2 The Size and Distribution of the American Indian Population: Fertility, Mortality, Residence, and Migration; 5 3 Recent Health Trends in the Native American Population; 6 II Indentification: Indications and Consequences; 7 4 The Growing American Indian Population, 1960-1990: Beyond Demography; 8 5 Tribal Membership Requirements and the Demography of; 9 6 Problems in Sampling the Native American and Alaska Native Populations; 10 III Social and Economic Conditions; 11 7 The Individual Economic Well-Being of Native American Men and Women During the 1980s: A Decade of Moving Backwards; 12 8 American Indian Poverty on Reservations, 1969-1989; 13 9 The Demography of American Indian Families; 14 10 Demography of American Indian Elders: Social, Economic, and Health Status; 15 IV Health Issues and Health Care Access and Utilization; 16 11 Overview of Alcohol Abuse Epidemiology for American Indian Populations; 17 12 Diabetes Mellitus in Native Americans: The Problem and Its Implications; 18 13 Health Care Utilization, Expenditures, and Insurance Coverage for American Indians and Alaska Natives Eligible for the Indian Health Service

About the Author

Gary D. Sandefur, Ronald R. Rindfuss, and Barney Cohen, Editors; Committee on Population, National Research Council