Fact Sheet: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
(New American Media) — Seventy-nine percent of African Americans had health coverage in 2009 compared to 88 percent of white Americans. A total of 16.6 percent of African Americans aged 18 years and over do not have a regular source of health care. Nearly half (46 percent) of nonelderly black adults who do not have insurance report having one or more chronic health conditions. Thirteen percent of African Americans of all ages report they are in fair or poor health. Adult obesity rates for African Americans are higher than those for whites in nearly every state of the nation—37 percent of men and nearly 50 percent of women are obese. African Americans have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease than other groups. Nearly 15 percent of African Americans have diabetes compared with 8 percent of whites.
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