The MMWR for December 11, 2009 / Vol. 58 / No. 48 includes:

Deaths Related to 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Among American Indian/Alaska Natives 12 States, 2009

“In October, health authorities in Arizona and New Mexico noted a disproportionate number of deaths related to H1N1 infection among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). A multidisciplinary workgroup comprised of representatives from 12 state health departments, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, tribal epidemiology centers, the Indian Health Service, and CDC assessed the burden of H1N1 influenza deaths in the AI/AN population and determined that the mortality rate among AI/ANs was four times higher than that among persons of all other racial/ethnic populations combined.”