Apathy Cited in Racial Health Gap: Blacks Die Sooner, Diagnosed Later Than Whites. Official Wonders What It Will Take To Stir Outrage
Apathy Cited in Racial Health Gap: Blacks Die Sooner, Diagnosed Later Than Whites. Official Wonders What It Will Take To Stir Outrage
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2006
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Wheeler, Tracey The Beacon Journal (2006) Apathy Cited in Racial Health Gap: Blacks Die Sooner, Diagnosed Later Than Whites. Official Wonders What It Will Take To Stir Outrage. The Beacon Journal, www.ohio.com.
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Black newborns die at twice the rate of white newborns. Black women are diagnosed with HIV and AIDS at 20 times the rate of white women.Blacks, in general -- whether it's heart disease, diabetes, or cancer -- will be diagnosed later and die sooner than whites. And Dr. Garth N. Graham wants to know why no one seems to care.