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Summary of Health Outcomes: Minorities Fare Worse Than the White Majority

Record #:
6767
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Abstract:
McLaughlin gives a summary of health outcomes between minorities and the white majority. He records disparities between the races, both children and adults. Areas he looked at include death rates from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; child fatalities; teenage pregnancy; and sexually transmitted diseases.
Source:
North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 21 Issue 1-2, June 2004, p49-51, il