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African American mothers were 2.6 times as likely as non-Hispanic white mothers to begin prenatal care in the 3rd trimester, or not receive prenatal care at all.
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The infant mortality rate for African American mothers with over 13 years of education was almost three times that of Non-Hispanic White mothers in 2004.
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African American adults are twice as likely than their White adult counterparts to have stroke.
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African American stroke survivors were more likely to become disabled and have difficulty with activities of daily living than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.
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African American males were 60% more likely to die from a stroke than their White adult counterparts.
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The infant mortality rate for African American mothers with over 13 years of education was almost three times that of Non-Hispanic White mothers in 2004.
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African American adults are twice as likely than their White adult counterparts to have a stroke.
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African American males were 60% more likely to die from a stroke than their White adult counterparts.
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Blacks are more likely to have inadequate access to health care and receive lower quality of care compared to Whites even though their need for health care can be greater.
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The average life expectancy increased at nearly double the rate of white males between 1990 and 2000 (5.7% versus 2.9%).
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African American women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with stomach cancer, and they were 2.4 times as likely to die from stomach cancer, compared to non-Hispanic white women.
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African American adults were 1.9 times more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to have been diagnosed with diabetes by a physician.
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In 2003, diabetic African Americans were 1.7 times more likely as diabetic Whites to be hospitalized.
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In 2002, African American men were 2.1 times as likely to start treatment for end-stage renal disease related to diabetes, compared to non-Hispanic white men.
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In 2005, African Americans were 2.2 times as likely as non-Hispanic Whites to die from diabetes.
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In 2005, African American men were 30% more likely to die from heart disease, as compared to non-Hispanic white men.
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African American women are 1.7 times as likely as non-Hispanic white women to be obese.
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African American males had more than 7 times the AIDS rate of non-Hispanic white males.
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African American men were more than 9 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white men.
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African Americans were 1.4 times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have high blood pressure.
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Although African Americans make up only 13% of the total U.S. population, they accounted for 47% of HIV/AIDS cases in 2006.
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African American females had more than 21 times the AIDS rate of non-Hispanic white females.
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African American women were more than 20 times as likely to die from HIV/AIDS as non-Hispanic white women.
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In 2005, African Americans aged 65 and older were 40% less likely to have received the influenza (flu) shot in the past 12 months, compared to non-Hispanic whites of the same age group.
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Although African American children aged 19 to 35 months had comparable rates of immunization for hepatitis, influenza, MMR, and polio, they were slightly less likely to be fully immunized, when compared to non-Hispanic white children.
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African American infants were almost four times as likely to die from causes related to low birth weight, compared to non-Hispanic white infants.
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African American mothers were 2.6 times as likely as non-Hispanic white mothers to begin prenatal care in the 3rd trimester, or not receive prenatal care at all.
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In 2005, African American adults aged 65 and older were 30% less likely to have ever received the pneumonia shot, compared to non-Hispanic white adults of the same age group.
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In 2005, African Americans had 2.3 times the infant mortality rate of non-Hispanic whites.
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African Americans had 1.8 times the sudden infant death syndrome mortality rate compared to non-Hispanic whites.
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The infant mortality rate for African American mothers with over 13 years of education was almost three times that of Non-Hispanic White mothers in 2004.
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African American adults are twice as likely than their White adult counterparts to have a stroke.
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African American stroke survivors were more likely to become disabled and have difficulty with activities of daily living than their non-Hispanic white counterparts.
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African American males were 60% more likely to die from a stroke than their White adult counterparts.
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In 2007, 49 percent of African-Americans in comparison to 66 non-Hispanic Whites used employer-sponsored health insurance.
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Also in 2007, 23.8 percent of African-Americans in comparison to 9 percent of non-Hispanic Whites relied on public health insurance.
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In 2007, 19.5 percent of African-Americans in comparison to 10.4 percent of non-Hispanic whites were uninsured.
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