Why are minorities at risk

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Why are minorities at risk?

• A higher percentage having no health insurance
• Minorities make half as many physician visits for
  preventive health
• Minority men are employed in the most dangerous
  occupations (mining, construction, etc.)
• Men and boys are encouraged to more risky
  behaviors
• Research on health responses to specific diseases
  and interventions by race are underfunded
• Health Care Rx Access For All The Presidents
  Initiative on Race 1998

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Gender Differences in Life Expectancy

• Life expectancy for men and women in 1920 was 1
  year difference
• Life expectancy for men and women in 2003 is 6
  years difference
• Men are more likely to die than women in all the
  top ten causes of death
• At birth, there are more males than females. By
  age 36, the trend turns to more females than
  males. At age 100, women outnumber men by 8 to 1
• www.menshealthnetwork.org

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Racial and Ethnic Difference in Life Expectancy

• The racial and ethnic minorities in Oklahoma are
  expected to reach 50 of the Oklahoma population
  by 2010-2015
• Infant mortality is higher in minority
  populations
• Oklahoma exceeds the national average in age
  adjusted death rate for heart disease, cancer and
  stroke with minority populations
  disproportionately represented
• Center for Vital Statistics, Oklahoma State
  Department of Health

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.Mortality
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Heart Disease Deaths by Race and Sex, Oklahoma,
1980-1997 Age Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000
Population
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                   
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Cancer Deaths by Race and Sex, Oklahoma,
1980-1997 Age Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000
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Stroke Deaths by Race and Sex, Oklahoma,
1980-1997 Age Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000
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Unintentional Injuries Deaths by Race and Sex,
Oklahoma, 1980-1997Age Adjusted Death Rates per
100,000 Population
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