Health Statistics, North Carolina

Published by the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities and the NC State Center for Health Statistics, NC Dept. of Health & Human Services

Poverty
3.4 times more African-American and Latino families, and 2.6 times more Native American families than white families live below the federal poverty level.

Infant Mortality
2.5 times more African-American and 1.7 times more Native American than white babies die; Latino rates are the same as whites.



Women Receiving Late or No Prenatal Care
2.3 times more Latinas, 1.9 times more African-Americans, and 1.6 more Native Americans than whites.

Teen Pregnancy
3.4 times more Latinas, 1.9 times more African-Americans, and 1.6 times more Native Americans than whites.

Adults Lacking Health Insurance
4.2
times more Latinos than whites (significantly worse than in 2001); 1.7
times more Native Americans, and 1.5 times more African- Americans than
whites.

Heart Disease Deaths
1.2 times more African-Americans and Native Americans than whites; Latinos significantly less.

Stroke Deaths
1.4 times more African-Americans and 1.1 times more Native Americans than whites; Latinos significantly less.

Diabetes Deaths
2.1 times more African-Americans, 1.8 times more Native Americans than whites; half as many Latinos as whites.

Chronic Lung Disease
Kills more whites than any other ethnic group.

Prostate Cancer Deaths
2.9 times more African-Americans, 1.5 times more Native Americans than whites; no reliable data for Latinos.

Colorectal Cancer Deaths
1.4 times more African-Americans, fewer in Native Americans and Latinos than whites.

Breast Cancer Deaths
1.4 times more African-Americans than whites, Native Americans same as whites, half as many Latinas as whites.

Incidence of STDs (HIV/AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia)
Highest in African- Americans, then Native Americans, then Latinos then whites.

High Blood Pressure
1.3 times more African-Americans, 1.1 times more Native Americans than whites; Latino incidence significantly lower than white.

Homicide Deaths
3.6 times more African-Americans, 3.5 times more Native Americans, and 2.5 times more Latinos than whites.

No Leisure Time Physical Activity
2 times more Latinos, 1.4 times more African- Americans, and 1.3 times more Native Americans than whites.

Overweight Adults
1.2 times more African-Americans and Native Americans than whites, Latinos not different from whites.

Smoking in Adults and Teens
Slightly more Native Americans (1.3 times) and slightly fewer African-Americans and Latinos than whites.