Conceptual Framework: Health Disparities in African-American Women

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Conceptual Framework Health Disparities in
African-American Women

• Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH
• Associate Professor/Co-Director,
• UCLA School of Public Health and
• Center to Eliminate Health Disparities

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Race / Ethnic Composition of the Los Angeles
County Population, 1990 and 2000
1990 n 8,863,164
2000 n9,519,338
37.8
44.6
10.5
9.5
10.2
0.7
12.0
40.8
31.1
2.8
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Percentage of Adults (Age 18 years and older)
living below 200 of Federal Poverty Level, by
Service Planning Area, Los Angeles County, 1999
LA County 40
1999-2000 Los Angeles County Health
Survey Department of Health Services, Public
Health
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Percentage of Children (?17 years old) Living in
Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, Los Angeles County,
1999-2000
1999-2000 Los Angeles County Health
Survey Department of Health Services, Public
Health
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Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex and
Race/Ethnicity, Los Angeles County, 1998
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Adult Obesity 1988-94 to 1999-2000
Race/Ethnicity
1988-94
Target
Total
White Female Male Black Female Male Mexican
American Female Male

0 10 20
30 40 50
Percent
Note Data are for ages 20 years and over, age
adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Obesity
is defined as BMI gt 30.0. Black and white
exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Persons of
Mexican-American origin may be any race. Source
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,
NCHS, CDC.
Obj. 19-2
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Death rates by cause for persons aged 45 to 65,
1995
Men
Women
Deaths per 100,000 persons
Source National Center for Health Statistics
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Years of Potential Life Lost to Diabetes
YPLL before age 75 y per 100,000 population
Age-adjusted, 1998 data Source National Center
for Health Statistics, Health US 2000, table 31
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Hypertension Overweight Rates Women in the
U.S.
Hypertension, Hypertension, Hypertension, Overweight, Overweight, Overweight,
W B Lat W B Lat
All 19.3 34.2 22.0 32.5 53.3 51.8
Poor 30.2 39.9 24.5 42.0 55.0 54.9
Near poor 23.9 35.9 22.4 36.6 51.0 48.7
Mid, Hi inc. 20.2 30.0 25.2 30.0 52.4 45.3
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Years of Potential Life Lostby Ethnicity (per
100,000)
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Infant and Child Mortality Rates in the United
States, 1900 and 2000
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Infant Mortality Rate Los Angeles County,
1990-2000
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Infant Mortality Rate by Mothers Race/Ethnicity,
Los Angeles County, 1991-2000
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Birth Rate Among Teens Aged 15-17 Years by
Mothers Race/Ethnicity, Los Angeles County,
1991-2000