Changing Numbers, Changing Needs

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

• 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