Table of contentsRacial/Ethnic Differences in Health: 10 Key Facts
10 Key Facts
Key Fact #1
There is a racial gap in health in early life
There is a racial gap in health in mid and late life
Racial differences exist for many diseases
Racial differences in mortality reflect:
Key Fact #2
Infant Mortality Rates, 1950 - 1999
Excess Deaths for Black Population
Key Fact #3
What is Race?
Why Study Race?
Hypertension, 7 West African Origin Groups (%)
Key Fact #4
SES and Race
Percent of Persons with Fair or Poor Health, U.S. 1998
Life Expectancy at Age 45, U.S. Men
Infant Death Rates by Mother’s Education, 1995
Key Fact #5
Median Income by Education and Race of U.S. Men, 1996
Median Income by Education and Race of U.S. Women, 1996
Median Family Income by Education U.S. Women Aged 25 Years and Older, 1997
Median Net Worth by Race and Household Income, 1991
Race and Economic Hardship, 1995
Key Fact #6
Racism Mechanisms
Major Experiences of Discrimination
Major Experiences of Discrimination: Additional Questions
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Key Fact #7
Homicide: Case Study of Effect of Place
Social Context of Homicide
Racial Differences in Residential Environment
Residential Segregation and SES
Key Fact #8
Limits of Medical Care
Promise of Medical Care
Insurance and Race/Ethnicity, 2000
Key Fact #9
The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization
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Race and Medical Care
Race and The Quality of Health Care
Procedures with Higher Rates for Blacks than Whites Medicare Beneficiaries Age 65 or Older, 1992
Racial Attitudes of Whites Negroes should have as good a chance as whites to get any job.
Racial Attitudes of Whites Government should ensure no discrimination in jobs
Whites Stereotypes of Blacks %
Whites Stereotypes of Blacks (and Whites) %
Unconscious Discrimination
Factors that Increase Stereotype Usage
Generalizability of Unconscious Bias
Key Fact #10
Guiding Principles
Reducing Inequalities Address Underlying Determinants of Health- I
Reducing Inequalities Address Underlying Determinants of Health- II
Reducing Inequalities Health Care
Reducing Inequalities Engage Multiple Communities
Conclusion-I
Conclusion-II
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