Survivorship differences between Native Americans and Caucasians living in northern Michigan from 1900-1992.

Abstract

Different populations who occupy the same area will not necessarily have the same ecology. Differential access to resources can cause populations to experience different mortality schedules. Survivorship curves for Caucasian and Native American populations living in northern Michigan were constructed using static life table analysis. The results show that Caucasians have better survivorship trends than do Native Americans, and that females of both populations generally live longer than their male counterparts.