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Timothy Baker, MD, MPH

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Timothy Baker, MD, MPH, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: tbaker@jhsph.edu).

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In the excellent May issue featuring Native American health problems, I was particularly interested in "Disparities in Indigenous Health: a Cross-Country Comparison Between New Zealand and the United States."¹ Bramley et al. call attention to the fact that for many health measures, the gaps between Maoris and the European population of New Zealand are wider than the gaps between Native Americans and Whites in the United States. They refer to "the success of the United States in eliminating disparities."^1(p849) However, in the case of infant mortality rates, male life expectancy, and homicide, the indigenous peoples’ rates are considerably worse in . . . [Full Text]