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Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, ....
We can see our Breast Cancer exceeds california and national rates, as well as our skin cancer and our Prostate Cancer are higher than those benchmarks as well. When we look in our nonmedicare population, on the top right, we see that we are lower than benchmark for breast and cervical and skin, but the prostate is higher than the california average in the Health Service system population. The next slide is doing the same sort of comparison here, but we are looking at it by cost. Instead of looking at it by prevalence, which is what the previous slide was doing. We have, again, Breast Cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma, all of those are our costliest cancers, and we are exceeding the california benchmark and exceeding the national rate. Moving to slide 11, here we are ta ....
We can see our Breast Cancer exceeds california and national rates, as well as our skin cancer and our Prostate Cancer are higher than those benchmarks as well. When we look in our nonmedicare population, on the top right, we see that we are lower than benchmark for breast and cervical and skin, but the prostate is higher than the california average in the Health Service system population. The next slide is doing the same sort of comparison here, but we are looking at it by cost. Instead of looking at it by prevalence, which is what the previous slide was doing. We have, again, Breast Cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma, all of those are our costliest cancers, and we are exceeding the california benchmark and exceeding the national rate. Moving to slide 11, here we are ta ....
We can see our Breast Cancer exceeds california and national rates, as well as our skin cancer and our Prostate Cancer are higher than those benchmarks as well. When we look in our nonmedicare population, on the top right, we see that we are lower than benchmark for breast and cervical and skin, but the prostate is higher than the california average in the Health Service system population. The next slide is doing the same sort of comparison here, but we are looking at it by cost. Instead of looking at it by prevalence, which is what the previous slide was doing. We have, again, Breast Cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma, all of those are our costliest cancers, and we are exceeding the california benchmark and exceeding the national rate. Moving to slide 11, here we are ta ....