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A study published by the S t a t e of Hawaii Department of Health examined mortality rates among full-Hawaiians, part-Hawaiians, and a l l other races in Hawaii from 1910 to 1980. The study concluded that:

• Part-Hawaiians' mortality rates for heart disease were generally higher than the " all races" group except for some years, while the rate for full-Hawaiians was consistently higher than that

for the other groups;

• Part-Hawaiians and the "all races" group had similar

mortality rates for cancer,while the rate for full-Hawaiians was much higher than both of the other groups; and

• The mortality rate for accidents did not differ for

part-Hawaiians and the "all races" group but was two times higher for the full-Hawaiian group.

Statistics from the Hawaii Tumor Registry show that native Hawaiian men had the highest incidence of stomach and lung cancer for the period from 1973 through 1980, compared to Caucasian, Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese. Native Hawaiian women, compared to these same groups, had the highest incidence of lung and breast cancer.

The Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian group reports the highest prevalence among ethnic groups in Hawaii of "acute conditions," especially respiratory conditions. For chronic conditions, the prevalence for the native Hawaiians is high, relative to the other groups, only for asthma, mental and nervous conditions, and bronchitis/emphysema. Native Hawaiians, according to this data, report the lowest prevalence of cancer, compared to the other groups. According to the Hawaii substance; abuse needs survey:

• Of the total number of

estimated substance abusers in Hawaii (103,748, or 14.7 percent of Hawaii's general population), 20.9 percent were Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian.

• Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians

account for 19.4 percent of alcohol abusers, 22.3 percent of drug abusers, and 22.8 percent of the population abusing both alcohol and drugs.

Socio-political Profile

The State of Hawaii consists of a population of considerable racial and cultural diversity . From the earliest times, interracial marriage was accepted by the community. Native Hawaiians have among the highest interracial marriage rates. This racial and ethnic mixture has affected the political sphere. Since the 1930's, no one ethnic group has had an electoral majority, although ethnic factors do play a role in politics in Hawaii.

In 1978, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was created, which has a board of trustees that is elected only by native Hawaiians. For the first board election in 1980, 31 percent of the total native Hawaiian population registered to vote, 80 percent of those who registered actually voted, and 100 candidates ran for the nine board positions. The 1981 Hawaii State Legislature consisted of seven part-Hawaiians in the House of Representatives (out of