SOSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Visible Minority, Asthma, Reproductive Health
20 Nov 2013
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How racial status affects other visible minority populations in north. Health statistics show that differentials on health status like if your african. America or asian or hispanic what ever racial background u come from does affect one health"s and stats health is dependent where u recently immigrated or if u been residing here. African american populations: lower life expectancy, higher disease and disabilities, poor health. Most studies focuses of aboriginals populations and immigrant in canada. Statistics between different racial groups they show different stats as: in usa the average life expectantly for africans is 5 years less then it is in white. Americans but then u look at hispanic and asians its higher. This stress that we cant think of race and monolithic categories an we have to pay attention to differences amongst different ethnic groups how race intersects with health. African americans have better life expectancy then aboriginal.
