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Some scholars have argued for a genetic understanding of racial health disparities in the United States, suggesting that certain genes predispose individuals to specific diseases. [211] However, the U.S. Census Bureau's recognition of race as a social and not biological category necessitates a social understanding of the causes of health ...
Healthy People 2020's program has 4 overarching goals, [13] Higher quality and longer lives without preventable diseases, disabilities, injury and premature death. Health equity, elimination of disparities and improvement of health in all demographic groups. Creating social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on different racial and ethnic groups in the United States, resulting in new disparities of health outcomes as well as exacerbating existing health and economic disparities . The pandemic struck the United States in March 2020, causing almost 2 million known cases by June 1, 2020. [ 1]
Covid-19 fell from the fourth leading cause of death to the 10th; there were about 76,000 deaths associated with the virus in 2023, down 69% from the more than 245,000 deaths in 2022.
NIMHD addresses disparities in minority health in the United States. It defines minority health as "all aspects of health and disease in one or more racial/ethnic minority populations as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, including Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders."
The CDC publishes official numbers of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The ...
More than one in five American adults in every U.S. state are obese, with rates rising in many states, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 12 ...
Medical racism in the United States. Medical racism in the United States encompasses discriminatory and targeted medical practices and misrepresentations in medical teachings driven by biases based on characteristics of patients' race and ethnicity. In American history, it has impacted various racial and ethnic groups and affected their health ...