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April is National Minority Health Month

In honor of national Minority Health Month, the Office of Health Improvement wants you to have some important facts and resources when considering the health disparities for: Blacks and African Americans Hispanics Native Americans
Did you know?
	The Office of Minority Health has selected seven focus areas in which racial and ethnic minorities experience serious disparities in health access and outcomes. These seven areas were selected because they reflect disparities that are known to affect multiple racial and ethnic minority groups at all life stages.
Infant Mortality
	The death rate of African-American babies in the first year of life is two times the rate of white babies. More than 9.2 percent of Hispanic women received less than five prenatal visits during their pregnancy versus 2.9 percent of white non-Hispanic women.
Cancer Screening and Management
	Black males in Georgia are 39 percent more likely than white males to die of cancer; black females are 13 percent more likely than white females to die of cancer.
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
	Latinos are twice as likely to die from heart disease than whites.
Diabetes
	The death rate from diabetes is two times higher for black women than for white women.
HIV Infection/AIDS
	African-American males were diagnosed with AIDS at a rate of 90.8 per 100,000 compared to a rate of 10.3 in white males in 2005. HIV/AIDS was the cause of death for African-Americans at a rate of 18.4 per 100,000 compared to 2.5 for whites.
Suicide and Homicide
	Suicide was the cause of 4.4 percent of deaths among Latino men compared to 1.3 percent of African-American and 2.6 percent of white men Homicide was the cause of in 33 percent of deaths among African-American males ages13-29 compared to three percent of white males in the same age group

A Statement about Minority Health Month by Dr. Rhonda Medows