Similarly, the Connecticut Health Foundation advised that as this disease unfolds, it is important to recognize the roots of these disparities including differences in\u00a0access to health care, unequal treatment within the health care system, unequal\u00a0access to resources such as stable housing and healthy food, and personal experiences of discrimination and racism that have lasting physical and mental health consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSUGGESTION: COVID-19 in context: Why we need to understand the roots of health disparities<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSome key facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Having a regular source of care is a key factor in staying healthy; now, it also means having a place to call if you feel sick and wonder if you need to be tested for COVID-19. Yet in 2018, 33% of Hispanic residents and 23% of black residents did not have a personal doctor <\/a>(by contrast, only 11% of white residents reported not having a personal doctor).<\/li>
- Research has also found that black and Hispanic patients are at risk of receiving less aggressive treatment than white patients. For example, studies found that Hispanic patients were half as likely<\/a> to be given pain medication when they went to the emergency room with a broken bone, and black children and teens with appendicitis were significantly less likely<\/a> to be given opioids to treat pain. Among patients with heart issues, black patients were significantly less likely<\/a> than white patients to receive interventions that could promote long-term survival.<\/li>
- Research<\/a> has also linked experiencing racism and discrimination<\/a> with a wide range of negative physical and mental health consequences including depression, anxiety, hypertension, breast cancer, and giving birth preterm or having a low-birthweight baby. One way discrimination could lead to poorer health is through repeated activation of the body\u2019s stress response system, which can have negative long-term physical and psychological effects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Massachusetts\u2019 data also shows that Hispanics, Latinos in Massachusetts account for 7-percent of overall deaths from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/06\/IMG_7191.jpg\")
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhites account for 73.5-percent of deaths, Blacks 8-percent, and Asians 3-percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But according to CW, the Baker advisory group said a better way of looking at fatalities was to use age-adjusted data, \u201cgiven differences in the underlying age distribution of the MA population by race, and differences in COVID-19 death trends by age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using that approach, the age-adjusted death rate for Blacks was highest at 161.4 per 100,000 Black residents. For Hispanics, Latinos it was 132.8 per 100,000. Whites and Asians were much lower, at 75.3 per 100,000 and 65.6 per 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Having a regular source of care is a key factor in staying healthy; now, it also means having a place to call if you feel sick and wonder if you need to be tested for COVID-19. Yet in 2018, 33% of Hispanic residents and 23% of black residents did not have a personal doctor <\/a>(by contrast, only 11% of white residents reported not having a personal doctor).<\/li>
- Research has also found that black and Hispanic patients are at risk of receiving less aggressive treatment than white patients. For example, studies found that Hispanic patients were half as likely<\/a> to be given pain medication when they went to the emergency room with a broken bone, and black children and teens with appendicitis were significantly less likely<\/a> to be given opioids to treat pain. Among patients with heart issues, black patients were significantly less likely<\/a> than white patients to receive interventions that could promote long-term survival.<\/li>
- Research<\/a> has also linked experiencing racism and discrimination<\/a> with a wide range of negative physical and mental health consequences including depression, anxiety, hypertension, breast cancer, and giving birth preterm or having a low-birthweight baby. One way discrimination could lead to poorer health is through repeated activation of the body\u2019s stress response system, which can have negative long-term physical and psychological effects.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Massachusetts\u2019 data also shows that Hispanics, Latinos in Massachusetts account for 7-percent of overall deaths from COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Data Sources: COVID-19 Data provided by the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences and the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Whites account for 73.5-percent of deaths, Blacks 8-percent, and Asians 3-percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But according to CW, the Baker advisory group said a better way of looking at fatalities was to use age-adjusted data, \u201cgiven differences in the underlying age distribution of the MA population by race, and differences in COVID-19 death trends by age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Using that approach, the age-adjusted death rate for Blacks was highest at 161.4 per 100,000 Black residents. For Hispanics, Latinos it was 132.8 per 100,000. Whites and Asians were much lower, at 75.3 per 100,000 and 65.6 per 100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Research has also found that black and Hispanic patients are at risk of receiving less aggressive treatment than white patients. For example, studies found that Hispanic patients were half as likely<\/a> to be given pain medication when they went to the emergency room with a broken bone, and black children and teens with appendicitis were significantly less likely<\/a> to be given opioids to treat pain. Among patients with heart issues, black patients were significantly less likely<\/a> than white patients to receive interventions that could promote long-term survival.<\/li>