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1980s: Drunk driving a leading cause of early death

Among young American Indians and Alaska Natives, drunk-driving accidents, suicide, and violent crime account for many deaths, according to the Indian Health Service.

Theme
Epidemics
Region
Arctic, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, Subarctic

Fairbanks, Alaska bar district during the late 1970s

Courtesy Alaska State Library, Pipeline Construction & Impact Photograph Collection