Deflect the issue?
Lol, you do not even bother to ask why would the black population be more susceptible, just oh how is it that society is killing black people.
I provide a probable scientific theory to help explain why, you know the same reason seasonal viruses disappears and reappears each year.
Yet you cry racist. You cry how beautiful is the emperor's new clothes.
@sonhouse saidI'll probably be called a racist for this but I think blacks live an unhealthier lifestyle
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928164
This is alarming on several fronts. Why African Americans dying so much more than whites, what is going on? I hope the docs figure this one out, although Trump will probably be dancing in the oval office.
a higher percent of obesity, diabetes and other underlying health issues
@lemondrop saidThe truth on that is complicated and still uncertain with different studies giving mixed conclusions. For example, we have;
I think blacks live an unhealthier lifestyle
a higher percent of obesity, diabetes and other underlying health issues
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/factors-contributing-higher-incidence-diabetes-black-americans
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The study found that the chance of developed diabetes was significantly higher for black adults than for white adults (about 66 more cases of diabetes per 1,000 people). The greatest difference was between black women and white women.
The researchers used statistical analyses to determine how biological, neighborhood, psychosocial, socioeconomic, and behavioral risk factors contributed to rates of diabetes. They found that biological risk factors accounted for most of the health disparity. These factors included a combination of body mass index, waist measurement, fasting glucose levels, lipids, blood pressure, and lung function. Differences between blacks and whites in neighborhood, psychosocial, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors were also linked with diabetes, although to a lesser degree...."
but then we also have things like;
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180102134830.htm
"...In a surprising finding, blacks and whites have the same risk of developing diabetes when all biological factors for the disease are considered over time, reports a study.
...
The finding flips long-held beliefs that there is an unexplained or genetic reason why blacks have double the rate of diabetes compared to whites by midlife, which is considered early onset.
"Obesity is driving these differences,"
..."
so I'm not sure exactly what's going on there.
Vitamin D and diabetes
25OHD deficiency has been shown to be related to the development of diabetes [63]. Recent studies have shown that 25 (OH) D levels are negatively correlated to prevalence of diabetes mellitus type 2(T2DM), islet beta cell function, insulin resistance, body fat, and BMI levels [64, 65]. Conversely, 25(OH)D levels were positively correlated with insulin sensitivity. 25OHD deficient individuals have a higher insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risk
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5440113/
@sonhouse saidDo they cite a reference from an academic source I can access without having to give personal information to an organisation I have no particular reason to trust?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928164
This is alarming on several fronts. Why African Americans dying so much more than whites, what is going on? I hope the docs figure this one out, although Trump will probably be dancing in the oval office.
@sonhouse saidI would like to see stats based first based on income level of all people and then cross with income levels and each race . Healthcare in the US is known to be skewed in favor of those with higher incomes .
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928164
This is alarming on several fronts. Why African Americans dying so much more than whites, what is going on? I hope the docs figure this one out, although Trump will probably be dancing in the oval office.