Section 102915 Of Article 5. American Indians From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 102. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.
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. The study shall be conducted in three phases, as follows:
(a) Phase one of the study shall include research design and data
acquisition, including funds for the purchase of data from tribal,
federal, state, and county sources and the encoding of this data to a
computer-readable form.
(b) Phase two of the study shall include a computerized matching
of the American Indian-specific data with the officially known deaths
within the state for a selected two-year period, and all necessary
statistical analysis and validation of any findings.
(c) Phase three shall include the dissemination of the findings
from the study, including efforts to improve the collection of vital
event data on the American Indian population within the state.