Here's What The History Books Won't Tell You -
Western diseases, to which Hawaiians had no immunity, decimated their numbers. At the time of western contact, some 800,000 people inhabited the Hawaiian Islands.By 1805 that number had been halved. By 1853 there were only 71,000 Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian people in the islands. Within 100 years of western contact, the Hawaiian population had been reduced by nearly 90 percent. According to the 2000 census, the numbers of people who claim some native Hawaiian ancestry have increased to over 400,000. But only 239,000 live in Hawai`i and they are the poorest, most locked-up population in the state. Although they only make up about 20 percent of the state's population, in June 2001 they made up 39 percent of the state's prison population, according to the state Department of Public Safety. Sadly, they make up 37 percent of the state's homeless population.
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http://www.hcdch.state.hi.us/documents/03homelessstudy.pdf
Equally sad:
1) Heart disease is a major cause of death for Hawaiians.
2) Hawaiians have the highest rates of deaths due to cancer in Hawaii (229 per 100,000) and the third highest rate in the country.
3) Hawaiians are five times as likely as non-Hawaiians to experience diabetes between the ages of 19 to 35 (11% versus 2%.)
Between the ages of 36 and 64 Hawaiians have a rate of diabetes that is over twice that of other populations (79 per 1000... versus 34 per 1000.)
From http://www.apiahf.org/resources/pdf/Native_Hawaiians_in_the_United_...
Thanks Ehu.