Minorities wait longer to see a doctor
To medicine's long list of racial disparities, add this: Minorities wait much longer to see the doctor.
For years, grim statistics have revealed the rampant and widespread disparities in the health of Americans of different races. Black Americans are more likely to be obese than white Americans. Minorities are more likely to have diabetes than whites. Black women are more likely to have heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension and strokes than white women. Black Americans experience a higher incidence of cancer and are more likely to die from cancers that we know how to effectively treat.
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