^{page 70 note 1} Information is reported to be available which indicates the major causes of death among the native population of Alaska, but published data are inadequate for intelligent analysis.—Ed.

^{page 71 note 1} A review of the occurrence of hydatid disease in the arctic regions was given by Rausch in Arctic, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1952, p. 157–74Google Scholar. Echinococcosis is one of the more important helminth diseases which may be transmitted from lower mammals to man.