Health Affairs November 6, 2024
The United States has some of the poorest health outcomes among high-income countries around the world, outcomes that are particularly striking for racial and ethnic minority groups and rural populations. Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, and certain Asian groups die at two to three times the rate of White Americans as a result of the most prevalent disease conditions, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancers, and chronic kidney disease. Black populations, for example, are 30 percent more likely to die of heart disease and are 30 percent more likely to have high blood pressure. Black populations experience higher rates of end-stage kidney disease, diabetes, heart failure, stroke, and breast cancer. Latino women are 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed...
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