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The federal government did not even begin to track racial disparities in health care until the 1980s, and at that time disparities in heart disease, infant mortality, cancer, and other major ...
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 ...
In Michigan, Black Americans, who comprise 14% of the population, suffered 33% of the state's COVID-19 cases. [4] These examples are representative of the scale and magnitude of disparities affecting Black communities across the US.
And by 2060, cases are expected to increase fourfold among Black Americans. While some risk factors may differ by race, the large disparities among racial groups can’t be explained just by genetics.
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.
Many studies and socioeconomic observations have demonstrated that the African-American community was disproportionately impacted by the disease in multiple ways. For instance, in cities like Chicago, although African-Americans are only 30% of the population, they comprise more than 50% of COVID-19 cases and about 70% of COVID-19 deaths. [6]
According to data compiled from 1,786 Black and 7,350 white participants ages 9 to 10, racial disparities were reflected in differing adversity outcomes for each group.