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White Americans, as the largest racial group in the United States, have historically had better health outcomes than oppressed racial groups in America. [1] However, in recent years, the scholarly discourse has switched from recognition of the immense positive health outcomes of white Americans towards understanding the growing persistence of negative outcomes unique to this racial group.
Even though African-American health status and outcome is slowly improving, black health has generally stagnated or deteriorated compared to whites since 1980. [56] The Tuskegee study was another prime example of health disparities among African Americans. [57] The study showed lack of medical treatment and discrimination among blacks. [57]
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 ...
Continuously, race is relevant to health issues, because of the non-equivalence of socioeconomic status indicators across racial groups. At the same level of education, minorities (black people and non-white Hispanic people) receive less income than their Anglo-white counterparts, as well as have less wealth and purchasing power. [9]
Although an estimated 578,000 Black Americans have epilepsy or a seizure disorder, according to the Epilepsy Foundation, they are more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy than white Americans.
Latino Americans have a greater propensity for infection than White Americans. [2] [15] [50] Latino Americans have also suffered a greater decrease in life expectancy. While the projected life expectancy of White people declined by 0.73 years, the drop for Latino people was more than a factor of 4 greater, at 3.28 years. [19] [20]
The report also shows that disparities in secondhand smoke exposure, particularly among children, Black people, and those living in low socioeconomic status, have increased since 2000.
African Americans account for a disproportionate number of COVID-19 fatalities due to multiple factors, including greater exposure in use of public transportation and employment in care-giving, sanitation and retail, underlying health conditions, as well as lack of access to nearby medical health clinics and hospitals and inadequate health ...