Chronic liver disease in Aboriginal North Americans

Table 1 Chronic liver disease mortality rates by etiology, Aboriginal group, and nation (number of deaths per 100 000)

Etiology	AI/AN	General US population	General Canadian population
Alcohol	19	4.6	3
Hepatitis C	2.3	1.7	1.3
Hepatitis B	0.6	0.4	1.31
Primary biliary cirrhosis	0.1	0.2	N/A
No identified cause	7.7	5.1	N/A
Overall	25.5-28.7	10.4-11.6	6.2-15.4

¹Canadian data did not include separate categories for hepatitis B and C. Data not available on Canadian First Nations peoples and native Greenla-nders specifically. Data adapted from Statistics Canada[71] and Vong[4].