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Neurology
; 66(3): 439-41, 2006 Feb 14.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16476950
ABSTRACT
The occurrence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States was evaluated using national multiple cause-of-death data and medical information obtained from state health departments. Twelve CJD deaths were identified for 1981 through 2002, and the average annual age-adjusted death rate was 0.47 per million population. This rate was significantly lower than that for whites and similar to the rate for African Americans.