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3.2 million African Americans have diabetes, which is 80 percent higher than the disease’s prevalence among whites.
Diabetes.niddk.nih.gov, “National Diabetes Statistics,” November 2005.
More than 9 out of 10 black diabetics have type 2, the version that develops in adulthood.
Diabetes.niddk.nih.gov, “Diabetes in African Americans,” April 2005.
The diabetes mortality rate is 20 percent higher for black men than white men, and 40 percent higher for black women.
“Mortality in Adults With and Without Diabetes in a National Cohort of the U.S. Population , 1971-1993,” Diabetes Care 21.7:1138-1145, July 1998.
Black and white death rates were equal in 1950; by 2002, blacks died 30 percent more often.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
Blacks had a 10 percent lower cancer death rate than whites in 1950; now it’s 25 percent higher.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
The infant mortality gap between blacks and whites doubled between 1950 and 2002.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
Women-of any class-who reported high levels of experience with racial discrimination were nearly five times as likely to deliver underweight babies as those who reported no experience with it.
“Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Black-White Differences in Preterm and Low-Birthweight Deliveries: The CARDIA Study,” American Journal of Public Health 94.12:2125-2131, December 2004.
-- http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/05/upward_mortality.html
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Diabetes.niddk.nih.gov, “National Diabetes Statistics,” November 2005.
More than 9 out of 10 black diabetics have type 2, the version that develops in adulthood.
Diabetes.niddk.nih.gov, “Diabetes in African Americans,” April 2005.
The diabetes mortality rate is 20 percent higher for black men than white men, and 40 percent higher for black women.
“Mortality in Adults With and Without Diabetes in a National Cohort of the U.S. Population , 1971-1993,” Diabetes Care 21.7:1138-1145, July 1998.
Black and white death rates were equal in 1950; by 2002, blacks died 30 percent more often.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
Blacks had a 10 percent lower cancer death rate than whites in 1950; now it’s 25 percent higher.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
The infant mortality gap between blacks and whites doubled between 1950 and 2002.
National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2004.
Women-of any class-who reported high levels of experience with racial discrimination were nearly five times as likely to deliver underweight babies as those who reported no experience with it.
“Self-Reported Experiences of Racial Discrimination and Black-White Differences in Preterm and Low-Birthweight Deliveries: The CARDIA Study,” American Journal of Public Health 94.12:2125-2131, December 2004.
-- http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/05/upward_mortality.html
And there is genocided happening in Sudan, RIGHT NOW.
thats all for today... untill i rant.