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Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012

Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans Cancer.org

“African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers”
Has a huge number of tables and charts, Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned

Leading Causes of Death as of March 2018

All Ages Death rate Black White Ratio
Heart diseases 217 171 1.27
Cancer 199 170 1.17
Cerebrovascular diseases 51 36 1.4
Diabetes 40 19 2.0

Rates per 100,000 Age adjusted Non-Hispanic

CDC March 2017

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Sample of many charts (augmented by VitaminDWiki)

Increased health problems in blacks is similar to that of low vitamin D whites (John Singleton Stroke)

Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D in VitaminDWiki has the following list of studies

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VitaminDWiki - Dark Skin Diabetics and Vitamin D - many studies

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Black Americans get diabetic foot amputations 3X more often than whites May 2020

Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012

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- Dark Skin Diabetics and Vitamin D - many studies Prostate Cancer is associated with low vitamin D, blacks have 2X higher risk of PC death (no surprise) – Feb 2025 India and vitamin D - many studies Kamala Harris had a low level of Vitamin D - 22.2 ng - April 2024 Immigrants with darker skin often need vitamin D (clinical practice guidelines) – Oct 2024 Vitamin D blood levels vary with estimated amount of African Ancestry – Sept 2010 UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng) – April 2024 Menopause is earlier in black women (low vitamin D) - Aug 2023 African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s (Vitamin D) African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant Feb 2021 Vitamin D and poor health of South Asians living in Britain – Oct 2022 US Vitamin D levels increased 2001-2018 – Oct 2022 Lack of vitamin D closely associated with black health disparities – Nov 2010 Cancer continues to be more deadly for Blacks than Whites (hint – low Vitamin D) – May 2022 Darker Skin Health Disparities might be eliminated by Vitamin D (no surprise) - April 2022 Deaths after Cancer Surgery higher in blacks (probably low vitamin D) – Dec 2020 Diabetics were 4.4 X more likely to die if they had low Vitamin D – July 2018 After Heart Failure Blacks are 45 percent more likely to re-enter the hospital in a month – Oct 2020 People from the Indian continent living in the UK continue to have extremely low levels of Vitamin D – July 2020 Sweat types, folate, binding protein, lighter skin in females and Vitamin D – Jan 2020 Increased health problems in blacks is similar to that of low vitamin D whites (John Singleton Stroke) Blacks are more obese, have lower Vitamin D, and have more Cancer etc. than whites – Feb 2018 Vitamin D paradox – Blacks need Vit D for health, but not as much D for strong bones – May 2018 Race changes the risk of various health problems, but many questions remain – Sept 2018 Skin fairness, red hair both associated with poor health (perhaps low vitamin D) – Dec 2019 Low vitamin D was again associated with winter, females, obesity, smoking, sedentary – Aug 2019 Response to UV varies more with pigment genes and age than skin color – Jan 2019 Blacks may not need as much Vitamin D (for their bones) Racial differences in health problems (premature births) disappeared when vitamin D levels were the same – April 2018

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