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Inbreeding coefficients of various populations in Europe and Asia. Offspring of biologically related persons are subject to the possible effects of inbreeding, such as congenital birth defects. The chances of such disorders are increased when the biological parents are more closely related.
Cognitive abilities among inbred and non-inbred children in "families of five Muslim populations of [the] Jammu region." [ 11 ] Multiple studies have established consanguinity as a high cause for birth defects and abnormalities.
Even more recently in September 2021, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution tabulated that Black mortality rate due to COVID-19 was almost 1.5x that of White Americans. They argue that not only does increased mortality rates affect life expectancy for Black Americans, it also threatens their recovery from COVID-19-related damages.
Across America, nearly 4 in 10 Black children live in areas with poor environmental and health conditions compared to 1 in 10 white children. Factories spew nitrogen oxide and particulate matter.
The overrepresentation of African-American people among confirmed COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths underscores the fact that the coronavirus pandemic is amplifying and exacerbating existing social inequalities tied to race, class, and access to the health care system according to many statistical studies.
African American women are also more likely to contract COVID-19 than African American men and white women. [35] The prevalence of medical racism and sexism (lack of quality healthcare, harmful experimentation, etc.) has led to negative relationships with healthcare systems and increased risk of negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes ...
The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, ... The life expectancy for Black Americans rose 1.5 years in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers ...
While pregnancies from sex between first cousins do carry a slightly elevated risk of birth defects, this risk is often exaggerated. [392] The risk is 5–6% (similar to that of a woman in her early 40s giving birth), [ 392 ] [ 393 ] compared with a baseline risk of 3–4%. [ 393 ]