The Record (Bergen County, NJ), March 11th, 2007
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-11-2007
Good intentions -- Effort to end health disparities needs money Date: 03-11-2007, Sunday Section: OPINION Edtion: All Editions
IN New Jersey, you can almost predict people's health by their race. Blacks are nearly three times more likely than whites to die in infancy. Black women with breast cancer have a 24 percent higher death rate than whites. Hispanics with asthma are twice as likely as whites to be hospitalized.
These stark and disturbing disparities reflect national trends. They also reflect complex social problems: Blacks and Hispanics are ...
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