{"id":153423,"date":"2025-06-18T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=153423"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:21:42","slug":"native-america-calling-disparity-widens-for-native-american-life-expectancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/06\/18\/native-america-calling-disparity-widens-for-native-american-life-expectancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Disparity widens for Native American life expectancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, June 18, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Disparity widens for Native American life expectancy <\/div>\r\n A new study finds the death rate for Native Americans &#8212; which was already higher than other groups &#8212; is much higher than previously thought. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe analysis just <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/article-abstract\/2835392\">published in the Journal of the American Medical Association<\/a> (JAMA) finds the gap in life expectancy between Native Americans and Alaska Natives and the national average is almost three times wider than what official statistics say it is. The researchers point to the fact that more than 40% of death certificates misidentify Native Americans and Alaska Natives. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOne of the study\u2019s researchers says the discrepancies indicate \u201cstatistical erasure\u201d in routine public health data has obscured the severity of a mortality crisis among Native people. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune into Native America Calling to get a handle on the new study and what is behind the numbers.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The life expectancy of American Indian and Alaska Native individuals is underestimated due to racial misclassification on death certificates, according to this longitudinal cohort study. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FfEsRqnw35\">https:\/\/t.co\/FfEsRqnw35<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5KWdquxSn\">pic.twitter.com\/k5KWdquxSn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; JAMA (@JAMA_current) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JAMA_current\/status\/1934634578213298636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-e-bird-09b502a\/\">Michael Bird<\/a> (Kewa Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh), past president of the American Public Health Association and past national consultant for AARP\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.cuny.edu\/people\/stephanie-woolhandler\/\">Stephanie Woolhandler<\/a>, distinguished professor at the City University of New York \u2013 Hunter College\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Inaccurate, missing, and inaccessible data recapitulate and perpetuate hundreds of years of federal government failures.&quot; <br><br>This Editorial addresses efforts to correct systemic underreporting of American Indian and Alaska Native health data. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vy20NQtdpK\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vy20NQtdpK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fckza8rgmE\">pic.twitter.com\/Fckza8rgmE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; JAMA (@JAMA_current) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JAMA_current\/status\/1934634828424532221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study finds the death rate for Native Americans \u2014 which was already higher than other groups \u2014 is much higher than previously thought.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,1],"tags":[128,243,6252,133,47,134,6527],"class_list":["post-153423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-national","tag-elders","tag-media","tag-michael-bird","tag-native-america-calling","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-stephanie-woolhandler","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-DUz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153428,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153423\/revisions\/153428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}