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Int roduct ion
Topic: Diabet es
Populat ion: African American Populat ion
African Americans are at part icularly high risk for t he development of t ype 2 diabet es
(Healt h People 2020).
Compared t o non-Hispanic whit es of similar age, African American adult s are 1.7 t imes
as likely t o cont ract diabet es.
Compared wit h ot her communit ies African Americans are disproport ionat ely burdened
by high prevalence and deat h rat es due t o diabet es.
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St at ist ics
In 2014, 13.4 percent of African Americans aged 18 years and over were diagnosed
wit h diabet es compared t o 7.3 percent of t he non-Hispanic Whit es (HHS.gov).
African American women have a higher prevalence of diagnosed diabet es (9.9%) as
compared t o men (9.2).
A t ot al of 39.5 deat hs per 100,000 African Americans were regist ered in 2013 as
compared t o 18.6 deat hs per 100,000 Non-Hispanic Whit es.
According t o t hese st at ist ics, t he African American populat ion is exposed t o higher
risk fact ors relat ed t o diabet es as compared wit h t he non-Hispanic Whit e populat ion.
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Healt h Disparit y Issues
Some of t he healt h disparit y issues affect ing t he African American communit y in
relat ion t o diabet es include:
Lack of insurance coverage due t o low income levels.
Limit ed access t o primary care needed for prevent ion and chronic disease
management (King et al., 2018).
Limit ed access t o t imely medical care.
Neglect by healt h providers.
Lack of adequat e government int ervent ion t o address exist ing barriers t o qualit y
healt hcare.
In Mississippi; t he st at e wit h t he largest populat ion of African Americans, t here were
no reduct ions in diabet es mort alit y rat es bet ween 2006 and 2016 which is t he period
bet ween pre-Medicaid expansion (2008-2010) and post -Medicaid expansion (2014-
2016). It was discovered t hat Medicaid was not expanded bet ween t hese period (King
et al., 2018).
Addit ionally, in Louisiana, t he st at e wit h t he second largest populat ion of African
Americans, Medicaid coverage was not expanded unt il 2016 (King et al., 2018).
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References
Christ opher J. King, Jonat han Moreno, Susan V. Coleman, & John F. Williams, (2018).
Diabet es mort alit y rat es among African Americans: A descript ive analysis pre and
post Medicaid expansion. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.08.001
Healt h People 2020. “Diabet es.” ht t ps://www.healt hypeople.gov/2020/t opics-
object ives/t opic/diabet es
HHS.gov. “Diabet es and African Americans.”
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Compared wit h ot her communit ies African Americans are disproport ionat ely burdened
by high prevalence and deat h rat es due t o diabet es.
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According t o t hese st at ist ics, t he African American populat ion is exposed t o higher
risk fact ors relat ed t o diabet es as compared wit h t he non-Hispanic Whit e populat ion.
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In Mississippi; t he st at e wit h t he largest populat ion of African Americans, t here were
no reduct ions in diabet es mort alit y rat es bet ween 2006 and 2016 which is t he period
bet ween pre-Medicaid expansion (2008-2010) and post -Medicaid expansion (2014-
2016). It was discovered t hat Medicaid was not expanded bet ween t hese period (King
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et al., 2018).
Addit ionally, in Louisiana, t he st at e wit h t he second largest populat ion of African
Americans, Medicaid coverage was not expanded unt il 2016 (King et al., 2018).
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