LOCAL DATA PROFILE
North Slope Borough
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
REGIONAL FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
North Slope Borough
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the official Alaska public-health-region rate.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
ACS population estimate
10,8102020–2024Population density
0.12020–2024Median household income
95,6942020–2024± 16,311.0 margin of errorPopulation below poverty level
11.1%2020–2024± 2.4 margin of errorHouseholds with broadband internet
75.1%2020–2024Labor-force participation
74.2%2020–2024± 2.6 margin of errorACS unemployment rate
7.6%2020–2024± 1.6 margin of errorMedian gross rent
1,2542020–2024± 134.0 margin of errorRenters paying 30% or more of income for housing
29.6%2020–2024± 8.6 margin of errorREAD CAREFULLY
Local numbers need restraint
Local mortality uses 2019–2023 pooled data when a rate is publishable.
Wide confidence intervals can make small numerical differences meaningless.
When local mortality is unavailable, the profile clearly uses a regional or state rate.