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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. [35]
Even in a year with an overwhelming number of excess deaths, the mortality rate of Black Americans stands out.Nearly 200,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 this year, and data has shown ...
For racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, health disparities take on many forms, including higher rates of chronic disease, premature death, and maternal mortality compared to the rates among whites. For example, African Americans are 2–3 times more likely to die as a result of pregnancy-related complications than white Americans ...
A chart of AIDS deaths in the United States from 1987 to 1997 A chart of ... of death for African Americans ... African-American community has higher rates of ...
As of 2024, death rates among the youngest remain well higher than in peer nations. [126] In 2023, there lower death rates in each of the ten U.S. leading causes of death but gains in life expectancy were largely driven by "decreases in mortality due to COVID-19, heart disease, unintentional injuries, cancer and diabetes". [126] [122]
Approximately 13.5% of death row inmates are of Hispanic or Latino descent. In 2019, individuals identified as Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for 5.5% of homicides. [7] Hispanic and Latino Americans make up 19% of the total US population. Approximately 1.81% of death row inmates are of Asian descent. [8]
Despite the focus on police violence in recent years, the rate of police killings in the United States has remained high. U.S. police have killed people at a rate three times higher than Canadian ...
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2021, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.