![]() ![]() Michigan’s population, for instance, is 14% Black, yet near the start of the pandemic, African Americans made up 35% of cases and 40% of deaths.īecause of this discrepancy in health outcomes, many scientists and government officials, including former American Public Health Association President Camara Jones, MD, PhD, MPH more than 50 municipalities nationwide and a handful of legislators are attempting to root out this inequality and call it what it is: A public health crisis.ĭr. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the discrepancy in health outcomes has only grown. This means that white Americans can sometimes live more than a decade longer than Blacks. In 2018, the CDC found a 16% difference in the mortality rates of Blacks versus whites across all ages and causes of death.
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