Disease Rates For Minorities
Here are some disease rates and survival rates among minorities and whites convey something less than a level playing field:
African American men are 30% more likely to die of heart disease than non-Hispanic whites; Hispanics suffer in greater percentages than whites from overweight and obesity; Prostate cancer strikes twice as many blacks than whites; Black women are 36 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than whites, even though white women are more likely to get cancer after the age of 40.
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