Alaska Public Media

Alaska does have more men than women, but the odds aren't that odd

Alex Johnson (left) and Peter Mueller (right) pose for a portrait, as they enjoy live music outside the Anchorage Museum on June 4, 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) In Alaska, we've all heard the ...
Yahoo

Curious Alaska: Are there really a lot more men than women in this state?

Sep. 22—Curious Alaska is a regular feature powered by your questions. What do you want to know or want us to investigate about life in Alaska, stories behind the news or why things are the way they ...
Reuters

Study: Young Alaska Native men at high risk for suicide

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 30 (Reuters) - Young Alaska Native men between the ages of 20 and 29 are at extremely high risk for suicide, killing themselves at a rate more than 13 times the overall ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska has the highest rate of women killed by men in the nation for the 7th year in a row

Supporters of the Alaskans Choose Respect campaign listen to speakers during a rally at the state Capitol, March 27, 2014 — when the rate of women killed by men in Alaska was slightly lower than it ...
News Medical

American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to be screened for prostate cancer, study shows

New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and Alaska Native men are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer compared to other racial/ethnic groups.