Health Challenges Faced by Native Americans in California

- The infant mortality rate among California Native Americans or Alaska natives was 6.03 per 1,000 live births from 2014-2016, compared with 4.32 for the state as a whole
- There is no Indian Health Service hospital that could provide inpatient and specialty services in California
- About 35% to 40% of Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health's 18,000 active patients are uninsured (a consortium of nine tribes in the Inland Empire in Southern California).
- Fresno, Humboldt, Placer and Shasta counties each received a grant of $267,250 through fiscal year 2019-20 to provide prenatal care to Native American communities.
 

Source: USC Center for Health Journalism News Collaborative: Uninsured Native Americans often lack needed prenatal care