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: “I just think we as physicians need to get more impassioned,” says Graham. “ There are health disparities. But we as doctors need to spend more time recognizing these disparities and addressing them — together with our patients — on a very individual level.” Black Americans & Lung Disease
A 2005 report from the American Lung Association shows that Black Americans suffer far more lung disease than whites do: • Blacks have more asthma than any racial or ethnic group in America. 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.