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The cancer incidence rate among African Americans is 10% higher than among European Americans [33] and the mortality rate from asthma is twice the rate of European Americans. [ 34 ] African Americans are found to have some of the highest rates of chronic Hepatitis C and Hepatitis C-related deaths in comparison to other populations.
Black maternal mortality in the United States refers to the disproportionately high rate of maternal death among those who identify as Black or African American women. [1] Maternal death is often linked to both direct obstetric complications (such as hemorrhage or eclampsia) and indirect obstetric deaths that exacerbate pre-existing health ...
The disproportionate impacts on Black Americans has been manifest by dramatically increased mortality rates compared to other racial groups. From data publicly available in April 2020, Black Americans averaged 6.3 deaths per 100,000 people, far greater than the 1.1 deaths per 100,000 for White Americans. [4]
In Illinois, Louisiana and Michigan, African Americans are dying at higher rates than whites from coronavirus. 'A crisis within a crisis': Black Americans face higher rates of coronavirus deaths ...
[2] [3] The American Public Health Association considers maternal mortality to be a human rights issue, also noting the disparate rates of Black maternal death. [4] Race affects maternal health throughout the pregnancy continuum, beginning prior to conception and continuing through pregnancy (antepartum), during labor and childbirth ...
Studies show that working-age Americans are dying at a much higher rate than those in other wealthy nations. Licensed professional counselor Dr. Ebony Blue joins The Factor to discuss the ...
These inequities, coupled with racially biased medical practices, result in higher rates of chronic diseases, greater mortality, and poorer health outcomes among African Americans. Addressing these structural issues is crucial for improving health equity and reducing the systemic disadvantages faced by racial and ethnic minorities.
Some research argues that to end the high infant mortality rate of black children, the country needs to fix the social and societal issues that plague African Americans, [167] such as institutional racism, mass incarceration, poverty, and health care disparities that are present amongst the African American population. Following this theory, if ...