Tag: Race
Flu Vaccine Uptake Consistently Highest for Asian Patients, Lowest for Black Patients
Findings seen across flu seasons and age groups
Cancer Survival Lower in Rural Areas
Survival rates also are lower for Black versus White people across various cancer types and categories of urbanicity
Complication Risk Top Concern for African American Women Undergoing Breast Reconstruction
Additional operations and abdominal morbidity also top of the list of concerns in a survey of African American women undergoing mastectomy
First Heart Failure Hospitalization Occurs Earlier for Some Racial, Ethnic Groups
Differences in social and clinical risk factors significantly associated with younger age at first heart failure hospitalization
Acute Ischemic Stroke Up in Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander People
Incidence of acute ischemic stroke more than three times higher for NHOPI individuals compared with non-Hispanic White individuals
Mortality Rates From Hypertensive Renal Disease Increased From 1999 to 2023
Highest death rates for hypertensive renal disease were seen among Black individuals; rates also up for Hispanics
Predialysis Nephrology Care Disparities Contribute to Vascular Access
Lack of nephrology care accounts for proportion of incident vascular access, maturing vascular access underuse among Hispanic individuals
Prostate Cancer Incidence Trends Increasing
Black men have double the prostate cancer mortality and 67 percent higher incidence than White men
Variables Associated With Heart Failure Compared for Men and Women
Asthma, depression, anxiety, hypothyroidism linked to both heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction in women
Community Intervention Can Increase ADHD Treatment Utilization
Caregivers report satisfaction with quality of intervention