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MikeWaters · 09-25-2006, 05:14 PM

most diseases, than whites.

The two exceptions in the article I am reading are:
1) pulmonary dis
2) suicide

It's interesting that racism is used as a reason why blacks die more frequently from disease (less options, poorer neighborhoods, diagnosis bias)--but for some reason it doesn't translate to more suicide.

I have no idea why.

09-25-2006, 05:14 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Blacks have higher mortality rates for most diseases, than whites. The two exceptions in the article I am reading are: 1) pulmonary dis 2) suicide It's interesting that racism is used as a reason why blacks die more frequently from disease (less options, poorer neighborhoods, diagnosis bias)--but for some reason it doesn't translate to more suicide. I have no idea why.