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Introduction: The African Diaspora and Disease-Specific Disparities

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This introductory chapter looks at the disparities that are associated with the incidence and mortality rates for specific diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unintentional injuries, pneumonia and influenza, diabetes, suicide, kidney diseases, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and HIV/AIDS, which are major public/health concerns in the USA. This chapter then discusses the major causes and the risk factors associated with these diseases that disproportionally affect African Americans as compared to other ethnic/racial groups in the USA.

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Kwabi-Addo, B. (2017). Introduction: The African Diaspora and Disease-Specific Disparities. In: Health Outcomes in a Foreign Land . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55865-3_1

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