American Indian/Alaska Natives Have Significantly Higher Alcohol-Related Death Percentage Than General Population, CDC Reports

Submitted by Rehab Detox on September 1, 2008 - 11:00.

Nearly 12% of American Indian and Alaska Native deaths over a four-year period were alcohol related, according to a CDC report released on Thursday, AP/USA Today reports. Researchers found after examining death certificates from 2001 to 2005 that 11.