Chart is from PDF at the bottom of this page
Note: Vertical axis of the next chart is not linear
See also VitaminDWiki
- Breast cancer worse for blacks – Sept 2011
- All items in category Breast Cancer and Vitamin D
259 items - Overview Breast Cancer and Vitamin D
- Breast Cancer in African-American Women 2009 article by same author
- All items in Genetics and Vitamin D
343 items - Hypothesis – Black births are much riskier due to lack of vitamin D – April 2011 which has the following
- Statistics for African-American vs white births in the US:
- 2X more likely to be premature
- 2X more likely for infant to die in first year – African-American medical risks has chart
- 4X higher maternal mortality rate
- 1.25X more cesarean delivery
- Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D which contains the following
- The health disparity for Blacks is almost the same as for a white person having a low level of vitamin D
Black Disparity 16 vs 26 ng/ml breast cancer 1.34 1.26 colorectal cancer 1.43 1.44 cardiovascular disease 1.29 1.27 all-cause mortality 1.26 1.26 See also web
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