Trafzer C E
Departments of History and Native American Studies, University of California at Riverside.
Can Bull Med Hist. 1998;15(2):251-76. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.15.2.251.
Tuberculosis was the foremost killer of First Nations populations during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to data from Death Certificates collected by the Yakama County Health Department and preserved by the Office of Indian Affairs, tuberculosis among the 14 tribes of the Yakama Nation took the lives of 619 people between 1911-64. The model age group was those Yakama between 15-19, with people between 15-39 suffering 329 (53%) deaths. Changes in contact with bacteria, diet, housing, and seasonal rounds resulting from reservation life influenced high tubercular death rates among Yakama when compared to Whites and non-Whites in the US and the population of Washington.
在19世纪末和20世纪初，结核病是原住民人口的首要杀手。根据亚卡马县卫生局收集并由印第安事务办公室保存的死亡证明数据，在1911年至1964年间，亚卡马部落联盟的14个部落中有619人死于结核病。典型的年龄组是15至19岁的亚卡马人，15至39岁的人群中有329人（53%）死亡。与美国的白人和非白人以及华盛顿州的人口相比，保留地生活导致的与细菌接触、饮食、住房和季节性活动的变化，影响了亚卡马人较高的结核病死亡率。
