Impact of racism on our nation’s health

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of Minority Health &Health Equity.
• Description:
  Racism, both structural and interpersonalexternal icon, are fundamental causes of health inequities, health disparities and disease. The impact of these inequities on the health of Americans is severe, far-reaching, and unacceptable.
  
  Across the country, racial and ethnic minority populations experience higher rates of poor health and disease in a range of health conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, asthma, and heart disease, when compared to their White counterparts. The life expectancy among Black/African Americans is four years lower than that of White Americans.
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic, and its disproportionate impact among communities of color, is another stark example of these enduring health disparities. Recent COVID-19 data show show that Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian and Alaska Native populations in the U.S. are experiencing higher rates of hospitalization and death compared to White populations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care/ethnology Ethnicity Health Equity Health Status Disparities Outcome Assessment, Health Care Racial Groups Racism Social Determinants Of Health Socioeconomic Factors
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f18f50798c23e885857bf738014565417ff0bf5e13c7182e881416342d5755e5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104987/cdc_104987_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.50 MB ]