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In 2016, 6.7% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults reported having needs for mental health services that had been unmet in the last twelve months, compared to 5.4% of the non-Hispanic white population. 8.3% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults reported experiencing a major depressive episode in the past twelve months, whereas only ...
The federal government did not even begin to track racial disparities in health care until the 1980s, and at that time disparities in heart disease, infant mortality, cancer, and other major ...
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the population of Florida. [4] The African-American presence in the peninsula extends as far back as the early 18th century, when African-American slaves escaped from slavery in Georgia into the swamps of the peninsula.
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For example, African Americans are 2–3 times more likely to die as a result of pregnancy-related complications than white Americans. [16] It is important to note that this pattern is not universal. Some minority groups—most notably, Hispanic immigrants—may have better health outcomes than whites when they arrive in the United States.
The National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement revealed that 46.8% of African Americans under 18-years-old may have a mental health disorder. [2] Additionally, African American children between the ages of five- and twelve-years old commit suicide at approximately double the rate of their White counterparts. [3]
“Under the leadership of Governor Desantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon,” he added.
According to the 2010 census, the racial distributions are as follows; 53.5% Non-Hispanic White, 25.6% of the population are Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 15.2% African American (includes Afro-Caribbeans), 4.5% Native American, 2.0% Asian and others Florida has one of the largest African-American populations in the country & has the second ...