OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the infant mortality rate (IMR) in American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and whites between 1995-1999 and 2000-2004. (2) To compare the leading causes of infant mortality in AI/AN and whites. (3) To examine differences in neonatal vs. postneonatal causes of death in whites and AI/AN. METHODS Using the 1995-99 and 2000-04 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

OBJECTIVE To determine the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on all-cause mortality in Blacks and Whites from four US communities. METHODS We determined prospectively the risk of death through December 2004 in relation to baseline (1987-1989) COPD status in 10,333 Black and White participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. RESULTS Over a mean f...

Total and differential white cell counts were studied in 399 women living in the same community in Britain but drawn from four different ethnic groups. The groups were white (northern European), Indian, black (African and West Indian), and Oriental. The total white cell count and absolute neutrophil count were significantly lower in the black group than in each of the other groups. The absolute...

BACKGROUND Although trust in health care providers (physicians, nurses, and others) may be lower among African Americans compared with whites, limited information is available on factors that are associated with low trust in these populations. This study evaluated the association between trust in health care providers and prior health care experiences, structural characteristics of health care,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (NHOPI) with ischemic stroke have younger age of stroke onset compared with whites. However, ethnic differences in stroke subtypes in this population have been inadequately studied. METHODS Consecutive young adult patients (aged ≤55 years) who were hospitalized for ischemic stroke between 2006 and 2012 at a tertiary center in...

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests non-Hispanic blacks (blacks) are more insulin resistant than non-Hispanic whites (whites). Physical activity can play an important role in reducing insulin resistance. However, it is unknown whether racial differences exist in response to exercise. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare metabolic responses to a single bout of exercise in blacks...

BACKGROUND Little is known about racial and ethnic differences in individuals with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). The authors sought to examine potential clinical, diagnostic, genetic, and neuropathological differences in sCJD patients of different races/ethnicities. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS A retrospective study of 116 definite and probable sCJD cases from Johns Hopkins and...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of eczema varies markedly across the globe. It is unclear whether the geographic variation is due to race and/or ethnic differences, environmental exposures, or genetic factors. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effects of ethnicity and environmental exposures on eczema in Hispanic white and non-Hispanic white children who participated in the Southern California Children...

Objectives: Opioid overdose death rates in the United States has been increasing over past several years. This trend seen states across country. Previous studies have highlighted that opioid-involved deaths occurred mostly non-Hispanic Whites. The objectives of this study were to (1) compare opioid trends U.S. a state, Louisiana, (2) Louisiana urban and suburban areas, (3) evaluate changes over...

Despite recent social and political advances, most interracial contact is still superficial in nature, and White individuals interact mainly with other Whites. Based on recent mere exposure research, we propose that repeated exposure to Whites may actually increase prejudice. In a series of experiments, White participants were subliminally exposed to White faces or nothing (control) and then co...