SOC 030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Residential Segregation In The United States, We All Bleed, Code Switch
Racial Inequality and Health Outcomes
Racial Difference in Health- Williams 2012
-Black women have a lower rate of breast cancer than white women but are more likely to
die from it
-Incidence of breast cancer for those under age 40 is higher for black women than
white
-One study found the heart failure before the age of 50 was 20 times more common in
blacks than whites
-Black and White Americans have similar rates of alcohol consumption, but blacks are
twice as likely to experience alcohol-related death
-Blacks have a higher allostatic load on average and the gap widens with age
Racial Differences in Health-CDC
-Latino Americans, Black Americans, and American Indians all report worst self-rated
health and more sick days than whites
-Black, Latino, Asian, and mixed race Americans all have higher rates of diabetes than
whites
-Black and Mexican Americans have higher rates of obesity than whites
Effect of Living in the U.S. on Immigrant Health
-Research indicates immigrant status is associated with better health outcomes among
non-white immigrants
-Length of time in the U.S. is associated with poorer health
-Acculturation is associated with poorer health outcomes among immigrants
-First generation, non-white immigrants have similar health outcomes to White
Americans- health outcomes among following generations decline
-One study found middle-age U.S. born Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants
with long-term residence in the U.S. had higher levels of allostatic load than recent
Mexican immigrants, despite being higher in SES
-Baboon discrimination example
-African-born women have a similar rate of low birth-weight to whites, while African
American women have a much higher rate of LBW
Why do Racial Inequalities in Health Exist?
-In 1899 W.E.B. DuBois was the first sociologist to empirically study racial differences in
health outcomes in the U.S., pointing to social factors
-Not biology, lack of resources
-Socioeconomic status
-Linear relationship between socioeconomic status and health
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Document Summary
Black women have a lower rate of breast cancer than white women but are more likely to die from it. Incidence of breast cancer for those under age 40 is higher for black women than white. One study found the heart failure before the age of 50 was 20 times more common in blacks than whites. Black and white americans have similar rates of alcohol consumption, but blacks are twice as likely to experience alcohol-related death. Blacks have a higher allostatic load on average and the gap widens with age. Latino americans, black americans, and american indians all report worst self-rated health and more sick days than whites. Black, latino, asian, and mixed race americans all have higher rates of diabetes than whites. Black and mexican americans have higher rates of obesity than whites. Effect of living in the u. s. on immigrant health. Research indicates immigrant status is associated with better health outcomes among non-white immigrants.
