Title: 9 Black Health Disparities That You Should Definitely Know About
Headings: 9 Black Health Disparities That You Should Definitely Know About
9 Black Health Disparities That You Should Definitely Know About
This Black History Month, we thought it'd be a good time to remind you that despite all the good work that's been done, there's still a ways to go to improve black health and health care in the US.
1. Young black Americans are more likely to develop and die from chronic diseases that don't show up in white Americans until older age.
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2. Black people are more likely to die of all cancers combined than any other racial or ethnic group.
3. Black women are over three times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related issue as white women.
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4. Black children are also more likely to die before their first birthday when compared to others.
5. A higher proportion of black people are newly diagnosed with HIV, living with it, or diagnosed with AIDS than any other race or ethnicity.
6. Many other sexually transmitted infections also disproportionately affect the black community.
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7. Black people in the US are more likely to have mental health problems than other people.
8. More black children kill themselves than white children, and it's a rising trend.
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9. Finally, black people are victims of violence at farrrr higher rates than the general population.
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Content: The National Cancer Institute suggests it’s because women are not getting screened for cancer and/or they are diagnosed with it at a later stage, they lack health insurance, or they are more likely to smoke or be physically inactive compared to other women. 3. Black women are over three times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related issue as white women. Digitalskillet / Getty Images
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Pregnancy-related deaths are defined as death occurring during or up to one year after the end of a pregnancy. Between 2011 and 2013, there were 43.5 deaths per 100,000 live births for black women compared to 12.7 deaths per 100,000 live births for white women and 14.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for other women. Cardiovascular disease and infections were among the top reasons for these deaths. Advertisement
4. Black children are also more likely to die before their first birthday when compared to others. WaveBreakMedia / Getty Images
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A little over twice as many black infants as white infants died in 2015, with more deaths in the South and some states in the Midwest. According to the CDC, the five leading causes of infant death are birth defects, preterm birth or low birthweight, sudden infant death syndrome, pregnancy complications, and accidental injuries like suffocation.