Justice Crisis

Black, Native American, Latinx Americans are more likely than White Americans to contract, be hospitalized for, and die of covid.

In the US, redlining and residential segregation continue to drive health disparities by neighborhood including

Lower life expectancies - up to 15 years less

• More police use of force - twice as many incidents 

• Higher diabetes rates - up to 75% more

• Higher preterm births - 40% more

• More: asthma emergencies (40%), gunshot-related injuries, heat-related outcomes, multiple chronic conditions, and some cancers

• More environmental hazards including 50% more air pollution, twice as many oil wells, and up to 40% less green space

Race disparities in health destroy lives

• Black infants die at twice the rate of the national average

• Black males constitute ~ 50% of all murder victims 

• Nearly twice as many Black children have asthma compared with white children 

• Black Americans have the highest cancer mortality rate of all race groups

• Black Americans have roughly 40% more hypertension than white Americans

• Even though 2 - 7% of Black, Latinx, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders report serious psychological distress, and 21% of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders experience mental health problems, the percent of these people receiving mental health care and related prescriptions is roughly half that of white Americans.

• The portion of Black (14%) and Native American Indians and Alaskans (17%) suffering from poor or fair health is roughly twice that of white Americans (8%)

• American Indian and Alaska Native adults are roughly 3 times more likely to have diabetes than white American adults and are 2.5 times more likely to die from diabetes; nearly twice as many Latinx Americans and 40% more Asian Americans have diabetes compared to white Americans

Latina American women are 40% more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 20% more