Your race and ethnicity have an impact on your overall health and may affect your risk of some chronic health conditions. Some of this increased risk is due to genetics. It may also be due in part to cultural and lifestyle habits. But there are other factors that may affect your risk of disease and these are referred to as health disparities.
Health disparities highlight differences in social, economic, educational and health care opportunities among various ethnicities. These include less access to quality health care, social and economic disadvantages, increased risk of disease from environmental exposure at work or home, discrimination and/or mistrust in the health care system.
Here are some health conditions that are more commonly found in certain ethnic groups:
In addition to some ethnicities being at an increased risk for being diagnosed with various diseases, there are also disparities in the survival rates of different ethnic groups who have similar health conditions.
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