Black Health: A Collection of References to Black People on WebMD

The reasons that African-American women face a higher risk for developing diabetes in the future are not known.

The black-white gap may stem from genetic and environmental factors, as well as access to medical care, note Carey and colleagues.

However, no associations were found among black girls.

The finding may help explain why breast cancer often has a poorer prognosis in black women, write Lisa Carey, MD, and colleagues in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Millett's team conducted a painstaking analysis of data on African-American MSM collected in 53 studies conducted from 1980 through 2006.

Previously, Leistikow reported that smoking might have caused 38% to 72% of black men's cancer deaths in 2000.

I tumors that are still confined to the breast and therefore easier to treat vs. 29% of African-American women.

The new study finds that prostate cancers in black men also tend to progress faster than in whites.

In fact, the diet explained more than half the excess risk of high blood pressure among black men, versus white men.

"I had a similar finding, indicating that African-Americans were about half as likely to receive these vaccines compared to whites or Hispanics," he tells WebMD. The state with the highest breast cancer rate for African-American women is Kentucky, with 127.3 cases per 100,000 women.

As to why, there are no clear answers yet, but the emphasis on vigilant care is clear for African-American women.

This study clarifies that the best explanation for most premature cancer deaths for African-American males is tobacco smoke exposure, whether from secondhand or active smoking.

Among people aged 75 to 84, there were 1,095 strokes per 100,000 African-Americans vs. 925 strokes per 100,000 whites.