Title: The 7 Deadliest Diseases For Blacks | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Headings: The 7 Deadliest Diseases For Blacks
The 7 Deadliest Diseases For Blacks
Why These Disparities?
Black Americans & Lung Disease
Blacks & Heart Disease
Blacks & Diabetes
Blacks & Sickle Cell Anemia
How Are These Disparities Being Dealt With For The Future?
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Content: And Blacks are 3 times more likely to die of asthma than whites. • Blacks are 3 times more likely to suffer sarcoidosis than white Americans. The lung-scarring disease is 16 times more deadly for Blacks than for whites. • Blacks are 50% more likely to get lung cancer than white American men. • Blacks are half as likely to get flu and pneumonia vaccinations as white Americans. Why? “ There are a couple of reasons for this,” Graham says. “ One is that 71% of Blacks versus 58% of white Americans live in communities that violate federal air pollution standards. When we look at Blacks in terms of demographic distribution, they are more likely to be located near, if not next to, transportation corridors, and to places where the air is drawn.” Another reason is that a higher percentage of Blacks than whites live close to toxic waste dumps — and to the factories that produce this waste.