South Carolina LEADS with Preterm Birth Prevention GrassrootsHealth
"Also, when black and Hispanic women had the same vitamin D levels as white women, the racial disparity in risk of preterm birth disappeared! "
See also VitaminDWiki
- Overview Dark skin births and Vitamin D
- Blacks may not need as much Vitamin D (for their bones)
- Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012
- Dark skin pregnancies 2.6 times more likely to have low vitamin D – March 2017
- Do blacks have a 5 year life penalty due to low vitamin D
- Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D
Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains the following summary
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