In virtually every country of the world, persons of lower levels of education and income have higher rates of disease and death than those who are better off than they are.  The latest report from the Federal Reserve Board indicates that for every dollar of wealth White households have, African American households have .10 cents, and Latino households have .12 cents.What we know is that minorities have early onset of disease, early onset of chronic conditions, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, all occur at younger ages because of lower income and stress

What does lower income mean for Covid-19

 In New York City, for example, the hardest hit area of the pandemic, 60% of the essential workers in New York City are persons of color.3 Research also documents that in disadvantage communities, even if you get access to primary medical care, many of those primary care providers do not have admitting privileges at the best academically based or private health care systems where the best specialists are, so that those populations are also limited in the access to quality care

Care for minorities

If you look at the latest income data for the United States, published in 2019 by the U.S Census Bureau1, we find that for every dollar of household income White households receive, African American households receive .59 cents. That .59 cents to the dollar figure is identical to the racial gap in income in 1978.

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5.2 million people filed for unemployment benefits during the week of April 5, bringing the four-week total to a historic 22 million people filing for unemployment.  Additionally, as unemployment rises and a recession nears, suicides may increase. During the Great Recession, the U.S. unemployment rate rose to 10% and was associated with increases in suicide rates.

Risk due to job loss and income insecurity

The Brain Architects Podcast: Addressing Racial Disparities in COVID-19. (2020, May 06). Retrieved July 27, 2020, from https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/the-brain-architects-podcast-covid-19-special-edition-creating-communities-of-opportunity/

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