User:Bluewhale33!/Race and health in the United States

Socioeconomic factors
While socioeconomic status (SES) is a contributing factor in race health disparities, it does not account for all the variation. Even when controlling for socioeconomic status, racial divides in health persist. For example, Black Americans with college degrees have worse health outcomes than White and Hispanic Americans who have high school diplomas. Studies on heart disease mortality have found that gaps between Black and White Americans exist at every education level. A longitudinal study over more than twenty years found that Black physicians had higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease, earlier onset of disease, twice the incidence of hypertension, and higher prevalence of diabetes compared to White physicians. For maternal mortality, Black women who are college graduates have pregnancy-related mortality ratios (number of pregnancy-related deaths for every 100,000 live births) that are 1.6 times greater than White women who had not finished high school. Black women have higher maternity mortalilty rates than white women regardless of socioeconomic status and pre-existing health conditions.

According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a data analysis was performed using The Behavioral Risk Factor System survey to examining the perceptions of racial privilege in healthcare among different races. These results showed that whites with a higher income and an educational background had an increase perception in receiving medical treatment and a decrease in discrimination. Oppose to blacks the perceptions were the complete opposite compared to whites. Several studies suggest that race is a positive association with socioeconomic (SES) and education when providing health services. Currently, there are future research being conducted to understand the concept behind racial privileges in the healthcare.

Socioeconomic factors
While socioeconomic status (SES) is a contributing factor in race health disparities, it does not account for all the variation. Even when controlling for socioeconomic status, racial divides in health persist. For example, Black Americans with college degrees have worse health outcomes than White and Hispanic Americans who have high school diplomas. Studies on heart disease mortality have found that gaps between Black and White Americans exist at every education level. A longitudinal study over more than twenty years found that Black physicians had higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease, earlier onset of disease, twice the incidence of hypertension, and higher prevalence of diabetes compared to White physicians. For maternal mortality, Black women who are college graduates have pregnancy-related mortality ratios (number of pregnancy-related deaths for every 100,000 live births) that are 1.6 times greater than White women who had not finished high school. Black women have higher maternity mortalilty rates than white women regardless of socioeconomic status and pre-existing health conditions.

According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a data analysis was performed using The Behavioral Risk Factor System survey to examining the perceptions of racial privilege in healthcare among different races. These results showed that whites with a higher income and an educational background had an increase perception in receiving medical treatment and a decrease in discrimination. Oppose to blacks the perceptions were the complete opposite compared to whites. Several studies suggest that race is a positive association with socioeconomic (SES) and education when providing health services. Currently, there are future research being conducted to understand the concept behind racial privileges in the healthcare.