Asian American Health
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Asian Health: The "Other Minority" Really is
Healthier
Most news articles on race and health highlight poorer outcomes
for minorities. But they rarely look at Asian outcomes, which are
often right there in the same numbers.
If you believe the model minority "myth", it is a myth that Asians
have less health problems that other groups. But then you have to
wonder where this "myth" came from. Fact is, in general, Asians in
America live longer and have a lower death rate than any other race,
even compared with the Japanese in Japan, who are generally credited
with having the longest life expectancy in the world. On the other
hand, other than Asians in America, Caucasian Americans live nearly as
long or longer than just about anybody else in the world despite
growing up with bacon, eggs, Twinkies and Kool Aid.
Asian health risks and outcomes are better for almost every cause,
except those associated with extreme poverty. They are especially better
with respect to those related to cultural restraint, such as AIDS due
to sex between men or injecting drugs. However, press accounts
consistently report ONLY cases where Asian risks are higher than
whites, even when most risks are actually lower.
The official line of activists is that the phenomenon of healthier
Asians is either a myth, or "no data is available", and that Asians
or Asian women are "at risk". It is said that problems such as
domestic violence afflict all races equally or that problems are
"under-reported", though no evidence has been presented to show that
actual rates such as AIDS are any higher those reported. For
example, it is thought that Asians are reluctant to disclose they are
gay, yet no race has a higher percentage of AIDS attributed to
male-male sex.
Asians have lower problems than other groups, despite higher rates of
poverty, illiteracy and no formal education than whites. Although
this has been noted for Hispanics, no one has reported this for
Asians. This undermines the common heterodoxy that racism and
poverty underly all racial disparities.
Moreover, many problems such as high infant mortality afflict blacks
with even high levels of education and income. The only categories
that stick out for Asians are stomach cancer (from eating pickled
vegetables, dried fish and Kimchi) carbon monoxide poisoning,
tuberculosis and leprosy, linked with poverty and diets based on
preserved foods.
Asians have the lowest rates of death by "modern causes" such as AIDS
and cancer. The largest health disparity is in AIDS, despite
headlines that AIDS is the #1 threat to Asian community. Asian
Americans do get AIDS, but at rates 1/3 to 1/10 the rates of other
Americans depeding on the city. There is AIDS in China but it is as
close to a statistical 0 as you can get, so for all practical purposes
there is almost no AIDS in China, where the bulk of Asians live (but
increasing). Only in South and Southeast Asia are there significant
numbers of cases, and even then, reported rates nationwide are lower
than US Asians.
This is most likely to due to the high level of cultural discipline of
Asian culture where few births are to teens or unmarried, many breast
feed, few take drink, take drugs pregnant or otherwise, or commit
murder, or engage in anal sex with homosexuals or drug users, and a
general aversion to risky occupations and sports which contributes to
a low rate of accidents. This is the most likely explanation for the
near-total black out of information on Asian American health.
Hispanics also have a lower mortality rate and equally or healthier
babies despite poverty rates as high as blacks in some areas.
Ranking Summary
Health Risks Spectrum
Numbers are expressed as a ratio compared to Whites
2.0 is 2 times better -2.0 is 2 times worse
Ranked by Asian compared to white.
Case Index reference
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NYC cocaine births 93 W1.00 B-6.90 H-3.00 A 0.0
Korean AIDS SF W1.00 A55.0
PacIslander LA AIDS W1.00 A55.0 Koreans too.
SantaClara AIDS/IVDU W1.00 B-10.3 H 1.06 A23.7
SF AIDS 91 W1.00 B 1.38 H 1.70 A15.1 N2.21 \doc\94\17\scaraai.wk1
LA AIDS 92 W1.00 B 1.06 H 2.8 A11.1
SF gay men STD clinic 93 W1.00 B-3.42 H-1.29 A10.7 N2.94 \doc938\sfaids93.xls
Hawaii AIDS 92 W1.00 B 15.7 H 47.1 A 8.2
SantaClara AIDS W1.00 B-2.08 H 1.22 A 6.0 N-1.3 \doc\94\17\scaraai.wk1
AIDS CA Death 93 W1.00 B-1.6 H 1.8 A 6.1 O3.04
MA Deaths W1.00 B 1.56 H 3.9 A 4.8 O4.2
SF STD clinic 93 W1.00 B-3.42 H-1.73 A 4.0 doc938\sfaids93.xls
MA Pregnant Smoker W1.00 B 1.51 H 1.79 A 3.8
SF Suicide rate (Chinese) W1.00 B 2.20 A 3.55
CA heart disease 93 W1.00 B 1.2 H 4.3 A 3.4
CA liver disease death 93 W1.00 B-1.08 H 1.2 A 3.1
CA deaths 93 W1.00 B-1.08 H 1.2 A 3.1 O3.1
College men, # of drinks W1.00 B 2.50 H 1.55 A 3.00
Vietnamese CA breast canc W1.00 A 2.92
SF alchohol treatment B10.4 H 1.6 A 2.90
US AIDS rate 93 W1.00 B-5.48 H-3.15 A 2.89 N1.66
AIDS death US 95 W1.00 B-4.49 H-2.98 A 2.70
CA Suicide W1.00 B 1.8 H 3.0 A 2.70
US Men overweight W1.00 B 1.21 H 1.08 A 2.39
CA breast cancer death W1.00 B-1.18 H 2.00 A 2.04 \doc\94\17\breastca.wk1
US Women smoking W1.00 B 1.11 H 1.49 A 2.23
Binge Drinking 91 W1.00 B 2.08 H 1.38 A 2.17
US Women overweight W1.00 B-1.74 H-1.22 A 2.15 N-1.40
US Unwed mother 92 W1.00 B-3.70 H-1.70 A 2.10
CA Develop Breast Cancer93 W1.00 B 1.18 H 2.00 A 2.04
US Chinese Infant Mort W1.00 B-2.07 H-1.05 A 2.00
US Teen suicide W1.00 B 1.91 A 1.95
US 15-19 birth rate 91 W1.00 B-2.20 H-2.00 A 1.90 N-1.60
CA Cancer Risk, Women 93 W1.00 B-1.15 H 1.87 A 1.84
Disabled W1.00 B-1.18 H 1.05 A 1.84
Wash. teen G12 drinking B 1.07 H-1.05 A 1.80
US CDC men binge drink A 1.80
WA G12 drug use 93 W1.00 B-1.07 H-1.25 A 1.80
WA AIDS Male-Male Sex W1.00 B-1.90 H 1.02 A 1.80 \doc\94\17\seataid.wk1
Seattle Student Drinking 93W1.00 B-1.04 H-1.08 A 1.72
US Pregnant Drug Use W1.00 B-2.00 H 1.33 A 1.71
US Coronary Heart Death 95 W1.00 B-1.36 H 1.42 A 1.68 N1.37
Japan-Am Breast Cancer W1.00 B 1.23 A 1.61 \doc\95\15\breacan2.txt Am Cancer Society
US birth rate 35-39 W1.00 B-1.10 H 1.40 A 1.60
US Gonorrhea W1.00 B-39.8 H-2.68 A 1.58
CA Cancer risk, Men W1.00 B-1.44 H-1.70 A 1.51
CA UCDavis Firearm Injury W1.00 B-6.19 H 1.08 A 1.23 N-1.51
MA Infant Mortality 95 W1.00 B-2.19 H-1.63 A 1.46
CA Male Lung Cancer W1.00 A 1.44
US SIDS 1995 W1.0 B-2.52 H 1.49 A 1.42 N-2.91
US Unmarried mothers W1.00 B-3.00 H-1.7 A 1.40
WA G10 Drug use93 W1.00 B 1.00 H-1.25 A 1.40 N-1.82
KingCo Infant Mort 95 W1.00 B-1.90 H 1.57 A 1.34
US Syphillis W1.00 B-58.8 H-3.74 A 1.33
US Death in home by gun W1.00 B-4.30 H-1.30 A 1.30
US Men Smoking W1.00 B-1.12 H 1.11 A 1.26
US Bacterial Vaginosis w1.00 b-3.00 h-1.80 a 1.25
NYC child Asthma 92 W1.00 B-2.42 H-2.75 A 1.20
CA Infant Mortality W1.00 B-2.34 H-1.01 A 1.15
MA Infant Mortality W1.00 B-2.98 H-1.44 A 1.12
CA Japanes Life Expect W1.00 A 1.10
US Life Expectancy W1.00 B-1.10 H 1.02 A 1.09
SEA Student guns at home W1.00 B-1.40 H-1.00 A 1.07
HI Life Expectancy W1.00 A 1.06
US child immz 1996 W1.00 B-1.05 H-1.10 A 1.01 N1.01
SEA Male in fights W1.00 B-1.67 H-1.56 A 1.00
Asians Better than white
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Asians Worse than white
CA Immunization W1.00 B-1.32 H-1.57 A-1.04 S-2.64
Chinese Female Lung Cancer W1.00 A-1.05
SEA No Dental Exam / Clean W1.00 B-1.22 H-1.18 A-1.23
SEA No checkup 1993 W1.00 B 1.00 H-1.18 A-1.23 SEA1.34 NA 1.05
CA Vietnamese Breast Exam W1.00 A-1.27
CA Vietnamese Mammogram W1.00 A-1.28
NYC Lead in student W1.00 B 1.00 H-1.29 A-1.29
SCL low birth rate W1.00 B-2.15 H-1.15 A-1.28
OR Cavities 93 W1.00 B-1.2 H-1.3 A-1.3 N-1.8
Chinese Stomach Cancer W1.00 A-1.47
WA Female AIDS W1.00 B-7.29 H-1.97 A-1.49 N-3.6 \doc\94\17\seataid.wk1
CA low birth rate 86 W1.00 B-1.80 H 1.10 A-1.50 N 1.00
MA Low Birth Weight 93 W1.00 B-2.28 H-1.38 A-1.56
US Low Weght for Height 83 W1.00 B-1.28 H-1.24 A-1.69 N-1.07
CA Vietnamese Pap Smear W1.00 A-1.77
NYC Anemia 92 W1.00 B-3.78 H-2.56 A-1.78
US Health insurance 93 W1.00 B-1.9 H-3.2 A-1.8
LA Gang Homicide 15-19 94 W1.00 B-24.7 H-21.3 A-1.8
King Co SE Asian Men Smoke W1.00 A-1.83
Mammogram Orange Cnt W1.00 H-1.04 A-1.90 *
Chinese Women Lung Cancer W1.00 A-2.00
Children w/o Health Ins W1.00 B-1.28 H-2.83 A-2.00 \doc\95\14\childheal.wk1
NYC Killed by guns W1.00 B-1.70 H-1.50 A-2.20
San Franc. TB 93 W1.00 B-5.34 H-3.39 A-2.40
US Abortion (2) W1.00 B-1.43 H-1.17 A-2.60 N 1.51
Public Hospital W1.00 B-5.71 H-4.30 A-2.74 N-5.35
US Low height for age 83 W1.00 B 1.13 H-1.09 A-2.84 N 1.05
CA Laotian men smoking W1.00 A-2.88
US Korean Health Ins W1.00 H-2.71 A-2.92
Diabetes W1.00 A-3.00
CA Vietnamese Cerv. Canc. W1.00 A-3.20
Born blind W1.00 B-1.05 H-2.33 A-3.75 *
US Lactose Intolerant W1.00 B-3.50 H-2.50 A-4.50
Total Hip Replacement W1.00 A-5.00 *
NYC Student Dental prob W1.00 B-3.29 H-3.43 A-6.14 O-6.57
US Tuberculosis W1.00 B-7.86 H-5.29 A-9.72 N-4.13
Los Angeles TB 92 W1.00 B-6.48 H-5.10 A-10.22
Born with Hepatitis B W1.00 A-13.5
Chinese Imm Hepatitis B W1.00 B-2.88 H-1.38 A-15.0
WA CO Poison 93 W1.00 B-2.96 H-57.1 A-16.9
NYC Chinese student TB W1.00 A-17.3
WA SE Asian CO Poison W1.00 A-116.4
Ranked by black
Note that there ARE stats where blacks are better off than
whites.
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Health issues ranked by black
Hawaii AIDS 92 W 1.00 B 15.70H 47.10A 8.20
SF alchohol treatment W 1.00 B 10.40H 1.60A 2.90
baby on stomach 1996 (SIDS)W 1.00 B 4.0
College men, # of drinks W 1.00 B 2.50H 1.55A 3.00
SF Suicide rate (Chinese) W 1.00 B 2.20 A 3.55
Binge Drinking 91 W 1.00 B 2.08H 1.38A 2.17
US Teen suicide W 1.00 B 1.91 A 1.95
MA Deaths W 1.00 B 1.56H 3.90A 4.80O4.2
MA Pregnant Smoker W 1.00 B 1.51H 1.79A 3.80
SF AIDS 91 W 1.00 B 1.38H 1.70A 15.10N2.2\doc\94\17\scaraai.wk1
Japan-Am Breast Cancer W 1.00 B 1.23 A 1.61\doc5\15\breacan2.txt Am Cancer Society
US Men overweight W 1.00 B 1.21H 1.08A 2.39
CA heart disease 93 W 1.00 B 1.20H 4.30A 3.40
CA Develop Breast Cancer93 W 1.00 B 1.18H 2.00A 2.04
US Low height for age 83 W 1.00 B 1.13H -1.09A -2.84N 1.05
US Women smoking W 1.00 B 1.11H 1.49A 2.23
Wash. teen G12 drinking W 1.00 B 1.07H -1.05A 1.80
LA AIDS 92 W 1.00 B 1.06H 2.80A 11.10
NYC Black/Carrib Cardiov W 1.00 B 1.02H A
WA G10 Drug use93 W 1.00 B 1.00H -1.25A 1.40N-1.82
NYC Lead in student W 1.00 B 1.00H -1.29A -1.29
---------- Blacks better than average ------------------
---------- Blacks worse than average -------------------
Seattle Student Drinking 93W 1.00 B -1.04H -1.08A 1.72
WA G12 drug use 93 W 1.00 B -1.07H -1.25A 1.80
Total Hip Replacement W 1.00 B -2.00 *
CA liver disease death 93 W 1.00 B -1.08H 1.20A 3.10
CA deaths 93 W 1.00 B -1.08H 1.20A 3.10O3.1
US birth rate 35-39 W 1.00 B -1.10H 1.40A 1.60
US Life Expectancy W 1.00 B -1.10H 1.02A 1.09
US Men Smoking W 1.00 B -1.12H 1.11A 1.26
CA Cancer Risk, Women 93 W 1.00 B -1.15H 1.87A 1.84
CA breast cancer death W 1.00 B -1.18H 2.00A 2.04\doc4\17\breastca.wk1
Disabled W 1.00 B -1.18H 1.05A 1.84
OR Cavities 93 W 1.00 B -1.20H -1.30A -1.30N-1.8
SEA No Dental Exam / Clean W 1.00 B -1.22H -1.18A -1.23
US Low Weght for Height 83 W 1.00 B -1.28H -1.24A -1.69N-1.07
Children w/o Health Ins W 1.00 B -1.28H -2.83A -2.00\doc\14\childheal.wk1
CA Immunization W 1.00 B -1.32H -1.57A -1.04S-2.64
SEA Student guns at home W 1.00 B -1.40H -1.00A 1.07
CA Cancer risk, Men W 1.00 B -1.44H -1.70A 1.51
AIDS CA Death 93 W 1.00 B -1.60H 1.80A 6.10O3.04
SEA Male in fights W 1.00 B -1.67H -1.56A 1.00
NYC Killed by guns W 1.00 B -1.70H -1.50A -2.20
US Women overweight W 1.00 B -1.74H -1.22A 2.15N-1.40
CA low birth rate 86 W 1.00 B -1.80H 1.10A -1.50N 1.00
WA AIDS Male-Male Sex W 1.00 B -1.90H 1.02A 1.80\doc4\17\seataid.wk1
US Health insurance 93 W 1.00 B -1.90H -3.20A -1.80
US Pregnant Drug Use W 1.00 B -2.00H 1.33A 1.71
CA Hypertension W 1.00 B -2.00
US Chinese Infant Mort W 1.00 B -2.07H -1.05A 2.00
SantaClara AIDS W 1.00 B -2.08H 1.22A 6.00N-1.\doc\94\17\scaraai.wk1
SCL low birth rate W 1.00 B -2.15H -1.15A -1.28
MA Infant Mortality 95 W 1.00 B -2.19H -1.63A 1.46
US 15-19 birth rate 91 W 1.00 B -2.20H -2.00A 1.90N-1.60
MA Low Birth Weight 93 W 1.00 B -2.28H -1.38A -1.56
CA Infant Mortality W 1.00 B -2.34H -1.01A 1.15
NYC child Asthma 92 W 1.00 B -2.42H -2.75A 1.20
NYC Black Cardiovasc W 1.00 B -2.74
Chinese Imm Hepatitis B W 1.00 B -2.88H -1.38A -15.00
WA CO Poison 93 W 1.00 B -2.96H -57.1A -16.90
MA Infant Mortality W 1.00 B -2.98H -1.44A 1.12
US Unmarried mothers W 1.00 B -3.00H -1.70A 1.40
NYC Student Dental prob W 1.00 B -3.29H -3.43A -6.14O-6.57
SF gay men STD clinic 93 W 1.00 B -3.42H -1.29A 10.70N2.9\doc938\sfaids93.xls
SF STD clinic 93 W 1.00 B -3.42H -1.73A 4.00 doc938\sfaids93.xls
US Lactose Intolerant W 1.00 B -3.50H -2.50A -4.50
US Unwed mother 92 W 1.00 B -3.70H -1.70A 2.10
NYC Anemia 92 W 1.00 B -3.78H -2.56A -1.78
US HIV death 93 W 1.00 B -4.00
US Maternal death 93 W 1.00 B -4.27
US Death in home by gun W 1.00 B -4.30H -1.30A 1.30
AIDS death US 95 W 1.00 B -4.49H -2.98A 2.70
San Franc. TB 93 W 1.00 B -5.34H -3.39A -2.40
US AIDS rate 93 W 1.00 B -5.48H -3.15A 2.89N1.66
CA UCDavis Firearm Injury W 1.00 B -6.19H 1.08A 1.23N-1.51
Los Angeles TB 92 W 1.00 B -6.48H -5.10A -10.22.00
US Homicide 93 W 1.00 B -6.80
NYC cocaine births 93 W 1.00 B -6.90H -3.00A 0.00
WA Female AIDS W 1.00 B -7.29H -1.97A -1.49N-3.\doc\94\17\seataid.wk1
US Tuberculosis W 1.00 B -7.86H -5.29A -9.72N-4.13
SantaClara AIDS/IVDU W 1.00 B -10.3H 1.06A 23.70
Hypertension W 1.00 B -20.0
LA Gang Homicide 15-19 94 W 1.00 B -24.7H -21.3A -1.80
US Gonorrhea W 1.00 B -39.8H -2.68A 1.58
US Syphilis W 1.00 B -44.0 H 3.2 A NA
US Syphillis W 1.00 B -58.8H -3.74A 1.33
FALLEN SJM 10/11/95
US - United States
SEA - Seattle, WA
NYC - New York City
OR - Oregon
CA - California
SCL - Santa Clara County CA
Sources:
(1) "RISK OF STILLBIRTHS HAS FALLEN" SJM 10/11/95
(2) \doc\95\11\aborrace.wk1 Source: The Social Organization of
Sexuality, Edward O. Laumann, Robert T. Michaels (Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1994)
>>Health: Contents
@@Abuse Child
Also see foster homes
ASIANS #1 IN PHYSICAL ABUSE, #2 SEXUAL ABUSE (??)
"Asian American Boys Much Abused, Study Says" Asian Week July 2, 1998
p. 8 New York Times article reports Louis Harris poll Dec 1996-June
1997, found Asians reported highest rates of abuse. 3162 boys grades
5-12 across US, 2/3 by family member at home. (but Asians have the
lowest rates of foster placement, and the lowest rates of crime and
academic failure)
Sexual Physical
Asian 9 17
Black 3 10
Hispanic 7 13
White 10 8
BLACK CHILDREN AT HIGHEST RISK OF CHILD ABUSE BY PARENTS
\clip\99\15\chilabus.txt FOR RELEASE: 3 AUGUST 1999 AT 16:00:00 ET US
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu/
New study shows abuse homicides more common than records reveal
CHAPEL HILL - Painstaking analysis of a decade of homicides among
children ages 10 and under in North Carolina shows vital records
poorly reflect the number of child abuse deaths, according to a new
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study. ...Almost
two-thirds of assailants were one or both of the victim's biological
parents. "Factors that appear to put African-American children at
three times the risk of dying at the hands of caregivers than white
children should be distinguished from the effects of social class and
socioeconomic status."
http://www.arthurhu.com/arthurhu/index/ahealth#accident
@@Accident
%%age
The Most Dangerous Years
American Demographics June 1998 p. 51
National Safety Council Itasca Il
Rate of acc. death by age 1996 per 100k pop
35 all
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15 under 5 ***
9 5 to 14 **
38 15 to 24 ********
33 25 to 44 ******
30 45 to 64 ******
44 65 to 74 ********
141 75 plus ****************> (mostly falls)
%%General
NUMBER 5 CAUSE OF DEATH IN US
http://www.msms.org/health/injury.htm Michigan State Medical Society
Unintended injuries are the fifth leading cause of death in the
United States, killing about 87,000 people per year.89 Motor vehicle
crashes account for approximately one-half of these deaths. Injuries
have been estimated to cost the United States more than $100 billion
annually due to lost productivity and medical care.90
BOYS GET INJURED 2:1 COMPARED TO GIRLS
\doc\96\06\boyhurt.txt "Daredevils and Fraidycats" Parents March 1992
p. 158 Lawrence Kutner PhD, Harvard University. Even as young as
preschool, boys are much more likely to injure themselves. The
National Safety Council reports that in 1988, boys accounted for 68%
of all children five and under who died of accidental injuries.
F092396
@@Acetominophen poisoning
\doc\96\06\acet.txt Seattle Times July 8, 1996 p. A3 "Misusing 'safe'
medicines can be deadly" At least 33 under the age of 13 have died of
acetaminophen poisong between 1970 and 1991. There have been 152
serious illnesses ranging from hospitalization to serious disability
or liver transplants. Parents are warned to take the label
instructions seriously
@@Acne
\clip\99\09\acne.txt http://www.seattletimes.com search Seattle Times
March 17, 1999 An array of treatments help patients achieve clearer
skin by Judith Blake Anyone battling acne will find an arsenal of
weapons, from over-the-counter products to prescription drugs. The
products deal in different ways with acne's chief cause: excess oil
production combined with dead skin cells, forming a solid mass that
can become infected. Whiteheads, blackheads and pimples result. In
teens and some adults, hormonal fluctuations can increase the oil
secretions. Stress is also thought to be a factor. While researchers
say it's a myth that chocolate and greasy foods cause acne, some
believe dairy products may contribute in sensitive individuals.
@@Advantage
While some activists say that Asian health is largely a myth, others
have noted that there is an extensive pattern of Asian advantages
with respect to many health issues, as often as Blacks are cited for
having poorer health, Asians will fare better than Whites. Hispanics
have also been noted a few times for better health due to diet, and
health habits. See table for statistics that are
better for Asians
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http://www.seattletimes.com/news/health-science/html98/asia_080398.html
Seattle Times August 3, 1998 Healthy image of Asian Americans can be
misleading by R.A. Zaldivar Knight Ridder Newspapers " Overall, Asian
Americans have the longest life expectancy, the lowest infant
mortality and the lowest death rates from heart disease and cancer
compared with other Americans. Stroke is the only major illness for
which Asian death rates are higher than those for whites. "
Secret of long life and low disease laid to Asian Diet
\clip\97\17\foodpyr.txt Channel A July 1997
http://www.channelA.com/food/column/ptc/970714/index.html?eu An Asian
Pyramid Scheme: Rice and Vegetables are the Building Blocks to a
Healthy Chinese Meal. By Pearl and Tien Chi Chen "The studies found
Chinese to be physically fit and rarely obese. Compared to Americans,
they have only one-seventeenth the heart disease rate, one-fifth the
breast cancer rate and one-half the colon cancer rate. "
ASIANS RISK AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS LIKE MINORITIES, BUT HEALTH EQUAL
OR BETTER THAN WHITES
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http://www.rand.org/cgi-bin/Abstracts/ordi/getab.pl?14131145-14132987
"Asians and Pacific Islanders were similar to African Americans and
Latinos on most sociodemographic and system characteristics, disease
status, and risk factors. Ethnicity was a significant predictor of
differences in self-reported health. As a group, Asians and Pacific
Islanders had better health or health of equal status compared with
whites" DOCNO: RP-486 (Rand corporation) TITLE: Variation and Quality
of Self-Report Health Data: Asians and Pacific Islanders Compared to
Other Ethnic Groups. AUTH: L.S. Meredith, A.L. Siu NOTE: Originally
published in: Medical Care, Vol. 33, No. 11, November 1995.
MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS HEALTHY DESPITE POVERTY
\priv\95\06\mexdiet.txt \priv\95\02\mexheal.txt STUDY: MEXICO-BORN
WOMEN HEALTHIER 1/27/95 By RICHARD COLE Associated Press SAN
FRANCISCO -- Women in the United States would do well to learn from
the diets of recent Mexican immigrants, according to a University of
California study. Study by UC Berkeley professor Sylvia Guendelman
was published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health.
Sixteen percent of non-Hispanic white women smoke heavily during
pregnancy - compared with only 1 percent of immigrants born in
Mexico. Despite conditions of often extreme poverty, babies born to
recent Mexican immigrants are approximately as healthy as
non-Hispanic whites, while black babies have 2 times more
complications.
@@Age
HEALTH CARE FOR OLDER MEN COSTS MORE
http://www.businessweek.com/1997/12/b3519123.htm Business Week
3/24/97 THE COMING JOB BOTTLENECK What an aging workforce means for
everyone else "Per capita health-care costs for men aged 50 to 54,
for instance, are three times those for men 30 to 34, according to
benefits consultant Watson Wyatt. "
@@Agriculture
http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/27034 The agricultural work
force in the United States totals 3.2 million, which equates to 2.7
percent of our total work force. However, there are 1,300 deaths and
120,000 disabling injuries annually, or 12.5 percent of all workplace
deaths and 7.1 percent of all disabling injuries. Both of these rates
-- in deaths and disabling injuries -- exceed the rates of the
construction and transportation industries, and only mining has a
higher death rate. Unfortunately, agriculture is one of the more
hazardous occupations in the United States. FAIRS (the Florida
Agricultural Information Retrieval System) is a comprehensive
electronic library of information from major programs within the
University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Cooperative Extension Service.
Asian.Health.AIDS
@@Aids
AIDS general info
Aids and race
doc94\2\massdeat.txt men die of AIDS B+H men 3X white women B9X H6X
@@Airlines
@@Helicopter"
@@Air-travel
@@Albino
\priv\96b\07\albino.txt Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 07:51:30 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) THE COLOR OF HOPE People with
albinism band together to dispel common misconceptions, get medical
information By Kathleen Donnelly
Asian.Health.Alchohol
@@Alchohol
also see birth
Summary:
In general, Asian alchohol use is much lower than in the White
population by a factor of 2 or 3 in every study. This results in
healthier pregnancies, it may also contribute to a lower rate of
vehicle deaths and violent crime. Asians may run liquor stores, but
Asian communities don't have a lot of them.
Mexicans appear to have the highest rate of problems
Survey:
US CDC men binge A -1.80
US CDC women binge A -2.14
college binge B-2.08 H-1.38 A -3.00
college men drinks B-2.50 H-1.55 A -3.00
college women drinks B-4.00 H-2.00 A -3.08
seattle teen alchohol B 1.04 H 1.08 A -1.72
SF alchohol treatment B10.4 H 1.6 A -2.9
Wash. teen G12 B 1.07 H-1.05 A -1.80
(1)Am Ind alchoholic B H A N5.00
-------------------------------------------------------
Sources:
(1) Wall Street Journal Jul 16, 1996
-----------------------------------------
%%Deaths
http://www.legalize.org/global/alcohol1.htm "Excessive alcohol
consumption leads to more than 100,000 deaths annually in the US.
Accidents, mostly from drunken driving, made up a quarter of this
number in 1992; alcohol related homicide and suicide accounted for 11
and 8 percent, respectively. Cancers that are partly attributable to
alcohol, such as those of the esophagus and larynx, contributed an
additional 17 percent. About 19 percent resulted from
alcohol-related stroke. Another major contributor is a group of 12
ailments wholly caused by alcohol [..], of which alcoholic cirrhosis
of the liver and alcohol dependence syndrome are the most important.
These 12 ailments represented 18 percent of all alcohol related
deaths in 1992." (From: Scientific American, December 1996).
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/nation-world/html98/alco_040698.html
\clip\98\07\alchdeat.txt April 6, 1998 Alcohol is a factor in 40% of
violent crimes, study says The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Alcohol
is a factor in 40 percent of violent crimes, even as it declines as a
cause of death, the Justice Department reports. In the past decade,
highway fatalities blamed on alcohol sank from 24,000 in 1986 to
17,126 in 1996.
%%General
MEXICANS THE WORST DRINKING PROBLEM?
Mexican Ams face topic.."Seattle Times April 12, 1999 p. a9
perc of men who are heavy problem drinkers
mexican am 23%
african am 15%
white am 12%
Alchohol Research group
Simmons Market Research Bureau says Latinos have highest % beer drinkers
deaths from liver disease 3x us rates
Federal govt study said mexam men highest rate of problem drinking
CHINESE DIFFER IN SMOKING, ALCHOHOL RESPONSE DUE TO GENES
\clip\97\20\chingene.txt From: "Louis R. Andrews"
WESTPORT, Sep 01 (Reuters) In the September 1 issue of the Annals of
Internal Medicine, two separate groups of investigators discuss
characteristics of Chinese and Asian-American individuals that make
them less susceptible to cigarette smoke-induced endothelial damage
than white adults, and more sensitive to the effects of alcohol. Dr.
Tamara L. Wall of the University of California at San Diego and a
multicenter team found that Asian-American men who inherit at least
one mutant ALDH2*2 allele of the aldehyde dehydrogenase isoenzyme
have similar blood alcohol concentrations after ingesting a
standardized alcoholic beverage as Asian-American men who are
homozygous for the ALDH2*1 allele. But levels are significantly
higher in homozygous or heterozygous ALDH2*2 men than in homozygous
ALDH2*1 men after ingesting an alcoholic beverage.
RAND STUDY: ASIANS AND BLACKS LESS LIKELY TO ABUSE ALCHOHOL
http://www.rand.org/cgi-bin/Abstracts/ordi/getab.pl?14203053-14205111
\clip\97\04\asinalch.txt "African Americans and Asians are less
likely to misuse alcohol than whites and Hispanics" DOCNO: RP-600
TITLE: Teenagers and Alcohol Misuse in the United States: By Any
Definition, It's a Big Problem. AUTH: P.L. Ellickson, K.A. McGuigan,
V. Adams, R.M. Bell, R.D. Hays PAGES: , DATE: 1996 COST: no charge
NOTE: Originally published in: Addiction, v. 91, no. 10, 1996.
----------------------------------------
\priv\96b\08\beerind.txt Wall Street Journal Tue, 16 Jul 1996 Bud ads
show beer-guzzling Indians BY TARA PARKER-POPE The Wall Street
Journal: The rate of alchoholism among American Indians is estimated
to be 5 times higher than the general population.
"Alchohol Interventions in Trauma Centers" Larry Gentilello et al
JAMA Oct 4, 1995 p. 1043. Alchohol is involved in 64% to 70% of
homicides, 75% of stabbings, 69% of beatings, 56% of domestic
violence, vehicle crashes. Nearly half of deaths due to trauma related
to alchohol. Hospitalized patients with alcholoism are 16 times more
likely to have had previous fractures. Problem drinkers averaged 1.32
injury events compared to 0.75 for controls. Trauma patients who were
intoxicated were over twice as likely to be re-admitted. filed under
asian.health.alchohol (This may explain the low rate of health
problems for Asians)
alchohol
\DOC\96\03\TROPHEAL.TXT New York Times May 8, 1996 U.S.
Troops Still Eat, Drink and Smoke Too Much, Study Finds By PHILIP
SHENON. Pentagon Study 17 percent of military personnel were
described as heavy drinkers defined in the study as drinking at least
once week, with five or more drinks per occasion compared with an
estimated 12 percent of civilians. Ages 18 to 25 was 28.5 vs. 18.6
There has been a drop in overall use of alcohol among troops, from an
average daily intake of 1.48 ounces of alcohol in 1980 to 0.83 ounces
last year.
\doc\95\11\healhabt.txt "Study Says Health Habits Linked to
Education, Not Race" Asian Week Jan 20, 1995 Based on Dec, 9, 1994
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Asians had lowest rates of
alchohol abuse
women men
A W A W
Alchohol
Chronic ~0 1.1 2.3 6.7 60 or more drinks in past month
Binge 3.5 7.5 12.8 23.1 five or more drinks at once in past
month
~0 sample too small
Overall ratio of 2 to 1
CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
1991-92 Healthy People 2000, 1991
\doc\95\05\asalch.txt Wise Young (wisey@nyc.pipeline.com) wrote: The
"alcohol thing" amongst Asians is due to inefficiencies or absence of
two liver enzymes: alcohol dehydrogenase (alc) and aldehyde
dehydrogenase
\priv\95\04\alchprob.txt - 7% of US has drinking problem, whites twice
as bad blacks.
d:\doc\94\19\collalch.wk1 - Alchohol among college students
1991 Survey of college students
Binge drinking W1.0 B-2.08 H-1.38 A-2.17
Men Number of Drinks W1.0 B-2.50 H-1.55 A-3.00
Women Number of Drinks W1.0 B-4.00 H-2.00 A-3.08
seateen.wk1 - seattle survey of drug use among students
Alchohol Use W1.0 B1.04 H1.08 A-1.72 SEA -1.96 N1.04
Medio Magazine May 1995 Gallup Poll - 2/3 of Chinese drink alchoholic
beverages, wine is most common followed by beer.
file: \doc\95\06\womnalch.txt
summary: 1 to 3 drinks per week ideal, over 2/day hazardous.
citation: "For women, a little alchohol means just that" Seattle
Times May 11, 1995 A11
seateen.wk1 - seattle survey of drug use among students
- data in report, but not in spreadsheet
asians lowest
d:\doc\94\16\alchaids.wk1 Alchohol and AIDS study in San Francisco of
doc\95\02
alchohol treatment clinic
W1.0(.53) B10.4 H1.6 A+NA -2.9
doc934\asyouth9.txt 20% of SF alchohol vs. 50% of SF schools or
1/2 average
doc941\washdrug.xls drug use among Washington State teenagers
White Black Hispanic Asian NatAm
G6 1.00 -2.00 1.50 -2.00 1.00
G8 1.00 1.00 1.11 -1.80 2.11
G10 1.00 1.00 1.25 -1.40 1.82
G12 1.00 1.07 -1.05 -1.80 1.44
HALF OF ASIAN POPULATION HAS ENZYME THAT MAKES THEM DIZZY AND SICK
AFTER DRINKING ALCHOHOL \clip\97\14\helpalch.txt "Help for
alchoholics?" Seattle Times May 20, 1997 Half of the Asian population
posess a certain enzyme that makes drinking alchohol an unpleasant
experience: Their faces flush; they feel sick to their stomachs and
dizzy. Researchers are trying to give this to people to discourage
alchoholism.
@@Allergy
\clip\97\03\allergy.txt Asian Food Causes Less Allergy NEW YORK
(Reuters) -- A new study links diet to allergy in UK schoolchildren.
@@Alternative Medicine
*ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SUCH AS ASIAN HERBS AND ACCUPUNCTURE ARE POPULAR,
BUT QUESTIONED.
\priv\96b\01\altmed.txt Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:04:47 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) On fringes of health care,
untested therapies thrive BY GINA KOLATA New York Times
@@Alzheimer
"In the absence of the APOE-epsilon4 allele, the cumulative risks of AD to
age 90 years, adjusted for education and sex, were 4 times higher for
African Americans (RR, 4.4; 95% CI, 2.3-8.6) and 2 times higher for
Hispanics (RR, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.2-4.3) than for whites. In the presence of an
APOE-epsilon4 allele, the cumulative risk of AD to age 90 years was similar
for individuals in all 3 ethnic groups."
Alzheimer's risk found higher for Latinos, African Americans Seattle
Times 3/11/98 p. A5 Journal of American Medical Association article
says Latinos and African Americans are 2 to 4 times greater risk for
Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Richard Mayeux looked at the Bronx in New
York city.
@@Amputee, Voluntary
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/elliott.htm Atlantic
December 2000 A New Way to Be Mad Carl Elliot. Apotemnophilia is
when people want limbs to be lopped off, psychological illness has
many similarities to people who want to change sex surgically, but
that's now acceptable.
@@Amusement Park
1 or 2 DEATHS PER YR OF 260M AM PARK VISITORS
Inspections were left to Disneyland Seattle Times Dec 29, 1998
Man dies when cleat attached to fake 1955 boat fails and hits gurst in face, injures
wife, employee. Last death in 1984 roller coaster, total 9 deaths since 1955 =
0.2 per yr.
National Amusement Park Historical association says 260
million visit 500 fixed amusement parks per year, 7500 injuries, 1%
require hospitalization
@@Anemia
doc938:assmall.xls B1.6 H-1.3 N-1.8 A1.0
doc939\nyheal.txt New NYC school children 1992
Percent White Black Hispanic Asian Other NYC
Anemia 0.9% 3.4% 2.3% 1.6% 2.1% 2.2%
Anemia 1.00 3.78 2.56 1.78 2.33 2.44
@@Animal
ENDANGERED OWLS THREATEN HIKERS
z46\clip\2000\11\owl.txt Hikers warned after owl attack at St. Edward
Thursday, November 2, 2000 By GREG JOHNSTON SEATTLE
POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
HIPPOS OF TERROR
z46\CLIP\2000\11\hippo.txt Seattle Times Oct 20, 2000 earth@slip.net
Hippo Attacks Marauding hippopotami terrorized farmers and boatment
in Niger, destroying fishing boats and devastating rice fields. At
least two fishermen were injured by the charging beasts.
@@AntiAcid
%%Alka-mints
http://www.epinions.com/content_33699565188 I came upon Alka-Mints.
Tums and Rol-aids were not working to relieve the burning in my
stomach so I thought I would give these a try. Alka-Mints got rid of
that nasty burning feeling and gave relief. I found that two did the
trick for the whole evening. Each tablet 850 mg of calcium carbonate
%%Magnesium
www.neonatology.org/ref/meds/med72.html
Magnesium antacids are also laxative, and may cause diarrhea and
hypokalemia
%%Mylanta
User Reviews
http://www.epinions.com/well-Medicine-OTC-All-Mylanta_Maximum_Strength_Liquid?display=reviews
http://www.neonatology.org/ref/meds/med72.html
for: peptic ulcer disease
Aluminum antacids may cause constipation Magnesium antacids are also
laxative, and may cause diarrhea and hypokalemia
Aluminum hydroxide: 200
Magnesium hydroxide: 200
Simethicone: 20
http://www.epinions.com/content_21095550596
Rolaids does spell Relief like the commercials advertise. On the
positive side Rolaids does have a good taste to it. I didn't notice
the chalk aftertaste with Rolaids that I notice with Tums. Mylanta
and Maalox antacid tablets work the best on heartburn
@@Anthrax
Nasty bioweapon that surfaced after Sept 11 disaster in the mail.
Z53\CLIP\2001\10\ANTHRAX.TXT Scare: All About Anthrax
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/400yoqui.asp
All About Anthrax Everything you didn't want to know . . . by David
Tell
WEAPONIZED ANTHRAX CAME FROM US RESEARCH?
z53\clipim\2001\10\antweap.txt
By Rick Weiss and Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday,
October 25, 2001; Page A1 "that it is unlikely that the spores were
originally produced in the former Soviet Union or Iraq. [leaving the
united states]
@@Asbestos
ASBESTOS IN WTC WOULD HAVE KEPT TOWERS UP 4 HRS
z52\clip\2001\09\asbestos.txt
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,34342,00.html Asbestos Could Have
Saved WTC Lives Friday, September 14, 2001 By Steven Milloy Until 30
years ago, asbestos was added to flame-retardant sprays used to
insulate steel building materials, particularly floor supports. The
insulation was intended to delay the steel from melting in the case
of fire by up to four hours. In 1971, New York City banned the use of
asbestos in spray fireproofing. At that time, asbestos insulating
material had only been sprayed up to the 64th floor of the World
Trade Center towers. Levine frequently would say that "if a fire
breaks out above the 64th floor, that building will fall down."
@@Aspartame "Nutrisweet"
Subject of widely spread internet chain letter, but largely unsupported by
mainstream facts.
MEDICAL EDITOR SCOFFS AT EMAIL ASPARTAME CLAIMS
\clip\2001\06\aspcrank.txt Calgary Herald May 17, 2001 Thursday FINAL
EDITION HEADLINE: Sweet sagaturning sour: Debate rages over relative
merits, woes of aspartame BYLINE: Dr. Joe Schwarcz Many people have
sent me a letter, attributed to one NancyMarkle, that has been making
the cyber-rounds. It alleges virtually everyailment known to mankind
can be caused by aspartame.
http://www.nancymarkle.com/ The famous Nancy Markle Letter, the
e-mail that was sent around the world, has saved thousands of lives,
and has helped send the notorious Monsanto Corporation, the company
that everyone loves to hate, into an economic tailspin. The post was
actually based on an address given by Betty Martini to the World
Environmental Conference.
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/science/urbanlegends/library/blasp.htm
Aspartame Warning Posted: 01/06/99 By David Emery This specimen of
email scarelore, in wide circulation since mid-December 1999, warns
that the artificial sweetener aspartame (a.k.a. "NutraSweet" and
"Equal") is toxic to humans in a hundred different ways. It even
coins a new medical term for these effects: "aspartame disease."
@@Assault
\priv\96b\01\womnheal.txt Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 07:23:21 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Women are living longer, but . .
. Report cites climb in cancer, AIDS cases Reuters
Women are 7 times more likely than men to be victims of violent
assault from a current or former partner. AIDS has fallen from 13
times more common in men in 1985 to only 5 times more common today.
@@Asthma
http://www.arthurhu.com/arthurhu/index/ahealth.htm#asthma
Discussion:
Asthma occurs more often among urban minorities and the poor, it has
been increasing while air pollution as been _decreasing_. For
whatever reasons, Asian school children in New York have lower rates
despite very high rates of poverty and TB.
Summary Spectrum
Ranked by Black Risk Ratio
-------------------------------------------------
US CDC Death Rates 0-4 15-24 W1.0 B-6.0
CDC US Asthma W1.00 B-4.45
Emergency dept CDC W1.00 B-4.35
US CDC Death Rates 1-14 W1.0 B-4.0
Outpatient dept CDC W1.00 B-2.60
NYC Schools 1992 W1.00 B-2.42 H-2.75 A 1.20
Hospitalization W1.00 B-2.00
All amb care CDC W1.00 B-1.53
Physicians off CDC W1.00 B-1.14
Ranking
US CDC Death Rates 0-4 15-24 W1.0 B-6.0
US CDC Death Rates 1-14 W1.0 B-4.0
NY School Children W1.0 B-2.4 H-2.8 A1.2
Links
FAQ on ashtma in
children
LITTLE OR NO LINK BETWEEN ASTHMA AND AIR POLLUTION
\doc\web\97\06\asthpoll.txt Reply-To: NCPPR@aol.com X-Archives:
EPA's New Clean Air Standards Could
Place Children at Greater Risk 1) Philadelphia study finds little
correlation between air pollution and asthma. According to a study
conducted by David M. Lang and Marcia Palansky and summarized in the
New England Journal of Medicine, the link between air quality and
serious respiratory illnesses is virtually nonexistent. 2) According
to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a
research arm of the Department of Health and Human Services, "the
distribution of asthma in other countries fails to implicate
pollution as an aggravating factor. Some of the highest asthma
mortality rates occur in Australia and New Zealand, which have
excellent air quality."
doc\web\97\06\airrisk.txt New Clean Air Standards Could Place
Children at Greater Risk by David Ridenour National Policy Analysis
Paper #164 published June 1997 by The National Center for Public
Policy Research According to study of asthma death rates in
Philadelphia conducted by David M. Lang and Marcia Palansky and
summarized in the New England Journal of Medicine, the link between
air pollution and serious respiratory illnesses is nonexistent. The
study, which examined the city's asthma death rates between 1969 and
1991, found that asthma deaths rose from 1.68 per 100,000 population
in 1969 to 2.41 per 100,000 in 1991. But the rise in asthma deaths
occurred at the very time concentrations of major air pollutants were
in decline in the city. The study further found that death from
asthma was more common in census tracts in which greater proportions
of residents were black, Hispanic, female or poor. "The
hospitalization rate for asthma among African-American children is
twice that of white, but socioeconomic status is a more significant
risk factor,"
\doc\96\03\asthma.txt "Asthma Deaths Double" Journal American
(Bellevue WA) May 3, 1996 From ages 0-4 and 15-24, blacks die at 6
times the rate of whites due to asthma in 1993 according to the CDC,
Atlanta. From ages 5-14, the ratio is 4 to 1. A doctor with the
American Lung Association attributes the difference to a lack of
quality health care. Asthma is the most common long-term childhood
illness affecting 4.8 million children in the U.S.
CDC Weekly Mortality Report Vol 48 51-52 "Asthma on rise", USA Today
Anita Manning "not enough data to get stable rates for other races"
Death rate 5-34 yr olds per million White 3.3 Black 14.7 Male 5.3
Female 4.6
doc939\nyheal.txt New NYC school children 1992
Percent White Black Hispanic Asian Other NYC
Asthma 1.2% 2.9% 3.3% 1.0% 1.4% 2.4%
Asthma 1.00 2.42 2.75 -1.20 1.17 2.00
AMBULATORY ASTHMA CARE VISITS BY RACE
Rates per 1,000 persons
1 2 3 4
White 48.9 41.1 3.3 4.5
Black 75.1 46.9 8.6 19.6
Other 74.1 67.3 2.9 3.9
1- All ambulatory care settings W1.0 B-1.53
2- Physicians offices W1.0 B-1.14
3- Outpatient departments W1.0 B-2.60
4- Emergency departments W1.0 B-4.35
Source: Advance Data No 277 Sept 27, 1996: Ambulatory Care Visits for
Asthma, CDC http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/data/ad277.pdf
\clip\97\16\ad277.pdf
@@Astronaut
6 Mercury
http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/mercury/merc4.html
http://www.osf.hq.nasa.gov/gemini/
14 additional Gemini astronauts
Of approx 20 astronauts before Apollo 1, 4 (25%) were killed in air
crashes. 1 in auto accident 3 apollo killed on pad,
Soyuz 1 1967 Yuri Gugarin killed in airplane accident one in training
plane crash, one in parachute accident
Source: Cosmonauts in Orbit Gene Clare Gurney 1972
learning channel extreme machines
worst space disaster in history
91 russian technicians died
when r16 rocket blew up on the pad
@@Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD)
@@ADD
There is some question as to whether ADD is a disease, or just the
way some people are. Ritalin has been shown to be effective for many
people, but others say that gifted people are often ADD, and that it
can be an asset, not just a problem.
What are some common symptoms of ADD?
Excessively fidgets or squirms
Difficulty remaining seated
Easily distracted
Difficulty awaiting turn in games
Blurts out answers to questions
Difficulty following instructions
Difficulty sustaining attention
Shifts from one activity to another
Difficulty playing quietly
Often talks excessively
Often interrupts
Often doesn't listen to what is said
Often loses things
Often engages in dangerous activities
%%Adult
http://www.addstudies.com/ adult add study
http://www.adders.org/
http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2000/006/18.74.html Adult ADHD
Could you have this disorder? By Katherine G. Bond about 2 to 3
percent of adults are likely to suffer with ADHD's effects
z50\clipim\2001\08\17\aadhd\aadhd.htm
http://www.adhd.com/AdultADHD/ADHDupdate.html Coaching may help
adult adhd
50 Tips On The Management Of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
and John J. Ratey, M.D.
Copyright (C) 1992
http://www.adhd.com/AdultADHD/50tips.html
- keep notepad
- keep organized
- exercise
- allocate time doing nothing
- make deadlines
links http://www.adders.org/links1.htm
%%Coaching
links http://www.adhd.com/AdultADHD/therapy_coach.html
http://www.adhd.com/AdultADHD/therapy_coach.html
Therapy and ADD Coaching:
Similarities, Differences, and Collaboration
%%Drugs
There is a vast amount of research
on the effects of the treatment of ADD/ADHD children with
psychostimulants beginning with the following:
z55\clip\2002\02\adhd.txt
WHITE BOYS MOST LIKELY TO BE TREATED FOR ADHD
Source: Andrew S. Rowland, et al., "Prevalence of Medication
Treatment for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Among
Elementary School Children in Johnston County, North Carolina,"
American Journal of Public Health, February 1, 2002.
For text http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/92/2/231
the treatment rates varied widely by sex, race-
ethnicity and grade level of the student.
o About 11 percent of the boys in the sample were taking
ADHD medication, compared with only 3 percent of the
girls.
o More than 15 percent of the white boys in the fourth and
fifth grades were currently taking stimulant medication
for ADHD.
o Among fourth-grade students, the proportion of black boys
taking stimulant medication was only about 60 percent that
of white boys.
CANADIAN STUDIES FIND NO PROOF RITALIN WORKS BETTER THAN NOTHING
z55\clip\2002\02\ritalin.txt
Scientists Find No Proof that Ritalin is Effective
February 7, 2002 8:00 Canadian National Post
Researchers in Canada say that after painstakingly analyzing 62
studies of Ritalin treatment for ADD, meta-analysis published in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal says the clinical trials of the drug have often
been biased and poorly constructed. attention deficit disorder didn't officially exist
before 1987, it has been remarkably catching. An estimated 5% of
children are affected.
DRUGS FOR ADD DO NOT CAUSE VIOLENT
BEHAVIOR From: Nanny714@aol.com
Russell barkley says ADD is real and Ritalin is effective
%%Distraction
http://www.add.org/content/work/traps.htm
Distractibility
%%Education
Unstructured Progressive Education
may be a factor in ADD growth.
%%Genetic
z54\clip\2002\01\adhdgene.txt
ADHD Gene May Have Benefited Early Humans
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020109/hl/gene_1.html
ADHD Gene May Have Benefited Early Humans
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A gene variation associated with
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) first appeared 10,000
to 40,000 years ago, and may have been advantageous to early humans,
according to a new report.
``Up to half of ADHD individuals have this variant gene,'' lead
investigator Dr. Robert K. Moyzis of the University of California,
Irvine, told Reuters Health in an interview.
behaviors that are considered a hindrance
in today's classrooms, such as novelty-seeking behavior, may have been
beneficial to humans.
%%General
Yahoo
\clip\99\07\edclip06.txt NY Daily News: 700% increase in Ritalin use
in the past ten years Diagnosis Attention deficit disorder
Controversy swirls, treatments expand as ADD affects more kids and
adults By EAMON LYNCH since 1990, the number of children and adults
diagnosed with the condition has rocketed from 900,000 to an
estimated 5 million, with the disorder accounting for up to half of
all psychiatric referrals for children.
\clip\98\17\edclip04.txt November 24, 1998 Imaging finds ADHD
difference The finding could lead to objective diagnosing of the
attention disorder. By Thomas H. Maugh 2d LOS ANGELES TIMES Stanford
researchers have found the first clear difference in brain
functioning between children with attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, or ADHD, and healthy children, a discovery that may lead to
more objective ways to diagnose this mysterious brain malfunction.
DRUGS DISPLACE THERAPY
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/981130/cover1.html
\clip\98\18\ritalin.txt COVER STORY/THE AGE OF RITALIN NOVEMBER 30,
1998 VOL. 152 NO. 22 The Age Of Ritalin By NANCY GIBBS What exactly
does a normal child look like?
* Production of Ritalin has increased more than sevenfold in the past
eight years, and 90% of it is consumed in the U.S.
* the percentage of children with an ADHD diagnosis walking out of a
doctor's office with a prescription jumped from 55% in 1989 to 75% in
1996. The number receiving psychotherapy fell from 40% in 1989 to 25%
in 1996. "The reason Ritalin use has gone up is that we are in an era
when psychiatric services are devalued and therapy is not paid for by
insurance companies,"
http://www.ns.net/users/BrandiV/index3.html
Adult Group listing
\clip\98\10\add2.txt
http://www.edutechsbs.com/adhd/
ADD Owner's Manual Neil Alex 1996
ADHD is 5 to 7 times more common in boys.
\doc\web\98\06\welbu.txt Wellbutrin
has been shown to be just as effective as Ritalin in increasing
impulse control, concentration, and especially helpful in the mood
swings very common in ADHD
FAQ site
\clip\98\10\addfaq.txt
An Internet FAQ for parents and teachers of ADD diagnosed children.
August, 1996. Revision 3.0T.
FAQ is maintained by frankk@sympatico.ca (Frank Kannemann) document
is available is 3 formats (html, text and WordPerfect 7). The html
version can be found at http://www3.sympatico.ca/frankk/index.html.
The text version at http://www3.sympatico.ca/frankk/addfaq3.txt and
via email for the WP7 version.
2. What are some common symptoms of ADD?
Excessively fidgets or squirms
Difficulty remaining seated
Easily distracted
Difficulty awaiting turn in games
Blurts out answers to questions
Difficulty following instructions
Difficulty sustaining attention
Shifts from one activity to another
Difficulty playing quietly
Often talks excessively
Often interrupts
Often doesn't listen to what is said
Often loses things
Often engages in dangerous activities
%%Impulsive
%%Job Hopping
If you are an impulsive job-hopper, catch yourself before you "take
this job and shove it."
Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D
%%Memory
Memory problems
"Forgetfulness" is often a daily problem for adults with ADD. The
more complex or high stress your day is, the more likely you are to
forget. What to do??? 1- Live by the rule - "Do it now or write it
down." Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D.
%%Overcommitment
http://www.add.org/content/work/traps.htm
Over-commitment - Many ADD adults tend to cram far too many things
into each day. Try to consciously under-commit your time.
%%Procrastination
Top Ten ADD Traps in the Workplace,
Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D.
http://www.adhd.com/AdultADHD/therapy_coach.html
Procrastination can be a tremendous stumbling block for adults with
ADD Request closer supervision. Procrastination flourishes in
secrecy
%%Risk
Russell barkley says ADD is real
ADHD has a negative impact on intelligence (an average 7- 10 points
below normal), on academic achievement skills (an average of 10-15
points below normal), and academic progress (25-50 percent are
retained in grade, 36 percent fail to graduate high school, and only
5 percent complete a college education). Children with ADHD,
particularly those with childhood oppositional defiant disorder, are
at much higher risk for later lying and stealing (45 percent),
conduct disorder and delinquency (25-45 percent), early substance
experimentation and substance dependence/abuse (15-25 percent), and
social rejection (50 percent or more).
@@Automobile - see driving
@@Avalanche
US Avalanche fatalities
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Total deaths 198598
52 Back coubtry skiiers
50 snowmobilers
49 climbers
25 out of bounds skiiers
13 back country snowboarders
6 patrollers
6 others at work
5 residents
4 out of bounds snowboarders
3 motorists hiway workers
2 in area skiers
Seattle Times 2/17/99
Avalanches kill five people in CA, CO, UT Seattle Times Feb 8, 1999
20-25 AVALANCHE DEATHS PER YEAR IN US
"In mountains, experience sometimes isn't enough" Seattle Times Dec
27, 1996 B1. In the US last winter, 30 died in avalanches, the most
since 1950, according to the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
in seattle. The past 5 year average is 20-25 deaths per year. In
Washington, there were 2 in 1990, none in several years, two in
December.
@@Baby Development
Rushton presents data that
blacks are born earlier, are more developed, walk earlier,
brains develop earlier, while Asians bring up the rear.
@@Baby Product
Atlantic Nov 2000 p. 36 Children's Products and Risk E. Marla
Fletcher bath seat drownings have remained constant at about 8 per
year. 1 million seats are sold, one for every 4 live births.
@@Bath
"Babies Don't Need A Bath Every Day" Dr. Dean Edell, San Francisco
Chronicle, 1991? Babies don't need a daily or even weekly bath. One
doctor says soap may be harmful to skin. Stanford U's Alfred Lane
says to wash dirty areas with plain water. If he makes a fort in the
compost heap, then a bath is in order. z49\clipim\2001\05\23\bath120.gif
@@Bathroom
\doc\96\03\bath.txt Parents magazine May 1996 "Protect your child's
skin" recommends against using bubble bath, which can irritate a
girls vaginal area, or area under a boys foreskin, and says to rinse
genital areas with clear water.
\doc\96\03\bath.txt Parents magazine May 1996 3,600 children 4 or
under are treated for water scalds
\doc\96\03\bath.txt Parents magazine May 1996 80 children, most under
4 drown in tubs each year
@@Bean Bag Chair
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml95/95142.html July 7, 1995
Release # 95-142 CPSC And Five Manufacturers Recall Bean Bag Chairs
CPSC is aware of 5 deaths from suffocation and at least 27 cases
where children recovered from their injuries involving zippered bean
bag chairs. The children who died unzipped the bean bag chairs,
crawled inside, inhaled and ingested the small pellets of foam
filling.
Boy suffocated in bean bag chair Seattle Times June 6, 2000 10 yr boy
like to play hide and seek, was found inside chair. 10m were recalled
in 1995 after 19m toddler crawled inside, 1989 4 yr old boy died. Aware
of 12 deaths. (7 deaths/ 5 yrs = 1 per year)
@@Bed
35 children have died with "defective" bunk beds which have openings
that heads can be caught in since 1991-97 (Sept 24, 1997 KIRO-7 TV
news Seattle) (About 5 per year)
ASIANS, BLACKS MORE LIKELY TO SHARE BED WITH INFANT
z63\clip\2003\01\sharebed.txt
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/14/health/14BED.html
More Babies Share Beds With Parents
IN New York Times, 14 January, 2003 (Health)
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development, found that the percentage of infants under 8 months old
who usually shared an adult bed more than doubled in just seven
years, to 12.8 percent in 2000 from 5.5 percent in 1993.
Black infants were four times
as likely to share an adult's bed as white infants, and
Asian-Americans were almost three times as likely.
...the percentage of white infants in adult beds more than doubled
in the 1990's, to 9.6 percent from 4 percent. The Asian-American
percentage nearly tripled, to 32.1 from 11.5, and the
African-American percentage rose to 31.3 from 21.6.
W B A Ratio
1993 4.0 21.6 11.5 5.40 2.87
2000 9.6 31.3 32.1 3.26 3.34
@@Bedrails
16 / YR KILLED BY BED RAILS
Seattle Times Jan 6, 2002 "New focus on dangers of bedrails": From
85-99 371 have been caught, trapped, or strangled by bed rails, 228
deaths, 87 injured by CFDA, mostly elderly. 4 dead in WA state alone
in 2001
@@Bedwetting
z45\clip\2000\10\bedwet.txt http://www.tribnet.com/ 10/18/2000 News
Tribune (Tacoma) Waiting on the bed-wetter While parents often worry
about enuresis, experts say it's usually best to let child outgrow
problem Debbie Cafazzo; The News Tribune
@@Behavior
IS POOR HEALTH OF POOR MINORITIES BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH BEHAVIORS
OR RACISM?
see http://www.arthurhu.com/arthurhu/index/ahealth.htm#racism
Wall Street Journal Letters Jan 3, 1997 p. A9. Nancy Krieger , Dept
of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health. Dec
12 article by Sally Satel says the poorer health and shorter life
spans of the poor is due to poor health behaviors
AIDS is primarily transmitted by known hazardous behaviors, anal sex
with gay men and sharing needles. Asians have a low rate of AIDS
mostly due to a low rate of risk behaviors.
BBC NEWS
Tuesday, 11 April, 2000, 10:53 GMT 11:53 UK
Why men behave badly
Baby boys need more attention than girls and if they do not get it they
may develop behavioural problems later in life, a researcher says.
The controversial theory will be presented at an international conference
in London on parenting by consultant child psychiatrist Dr Sebastian
Kraemer later this week.
He will argue that that physiological, and social factors make little boys
more emotionally vulnerable than girls.
Full text:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_709000/709072.stm
Video:The BBC's Karen Allen "Psychiatrists say it goes back to the womb"
@@Better
Activists state that the stereotype that Asians are healthier than
any other group is false and destructive. Unfortunately, almost every
major health problem which is worse for blacks is measurably better
for Asians than whites except for problems which are minor for
whites like TB, blood lead, CO poison, health insurance. etc.
So why don't we hear about this? This is the best response:
Date sent: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 16:39:08 -0500
From: "Louis R. Andrews"
> so can anyone explain youll NEVER see a similarly
> formatted article which show that for every one of
> these conditions, asian americans fare better than whites by
> nrarly as wide a margin?
It's not brain science. As Michael Levin explains in his _Why Race
Matters_: Asian/white comparisons favor Asians, white/black
comparisons do not favor blacks. Such white/black comparisons are
utilized to stigmatize and blame whites for black weaknesses in white
society, while publicizing such an Asian/white comparison would
destroy the whole ideological egalitarian game. Asian success is an
embarrassment to the ideologues.
Best, Louis
\doc\95\11\healhabt.txt "Study Says Health Habits Linked to Education,
Not Race" Asian Week Jan 20, 1995
Based on Dec, 9, 1994 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:
Asians had
- lowest alchohol
- lowest smoking
- least overweight
- 1.7 time less likely than Euro-Am to die from
chronic disease
- lower mortality rates than Euro-Am
- table shows higher life expectancy in Hawaii, but
not specifically mentioned in the report
- equal sendantary and cholesterol
@@Bicycle
http://www.safekids.org/mibike.html
Bicycling attracts 67 million riders in the United States. Forty
percent (26.8 million) of these bicyclists are children ages 14 and
under. This age group rides about 50 percent more than the average
bicyclist. Cyclists ages 14 and under are at five times higher risk
for injury than older cyclists. Head injury is the leading cause of
death in bicycle crashes. While children ages 14 and under represent
40 percent of the bicycle-riding population, they account for 71
percent of bicycle-related injuries and 37 percent of bicycle-related
deaths. Bicycles are associated with more childhood injuries than any
other consumer product except the automobile.
DEATHS Each year, approximately 300 children ages 14 and under are
killed in bicycle-related incidents. Of these 300 deaths, 90 percent
are the result of collisions with motor vehicles. Bicycle-motor
vehicle collisions account for only 10 percent of childhood
bicycle-related injuries but for 90 percent of bicycle-related
deaths. Bicycle-related death rates are highest in children ages
10-14. Four out of five deaths result from head injuries.
\clip\97\09\bicyhelm.txt New York Times March 31, 1997 National
Bicycle-Helmet Drive Sought After Success in Seattle 60% in Seattle
vs. 15% of children nationally wear bicycle helments, of 250 deaths
of young people in bicycle accident brain injuries, 184 might be
prevented by using helmets.
\clip\96\04\bikesafe.txt [The Wall Street Journal Interactive
Edition] September 10, 1996 Parents Fret Over Safety Issues, Curbing
Where Children Ride By NEAL TEMPLIN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL In 1995, 242 children five to 14 died in bike accidents, a
decrease of 59% from 1975, according to the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. The decline came despite a 14% increase in the
number of children in that age group since 1986. the number of
children kidnapped, murdered or ransomed by strangers has remained
constant at about 300 a year during the past 15 years
\priv\96\11\mmwr45110.pdf Vol. 45 / No. 10 MMWR p. 211 Horseback
riding Traumatic Brain Injury In Oklahoma, during 1992-1994, there
were twice as many bicycle TBIs as horseback riding (234 versus 109),
but risk was nearly 10 time greater per seat-mile, during 1989-1991,
the rate of horseback-riding injury sufficiently severe to require
hospital-based emergency care was an estimated 28 per 100,000
riding hours ( 6 ), while the rate for bicycle-associated injuries
was 3.7 per 100,000 riding hours ( 7 ). High percentages were caused
by children near horses, helmets have been shown to be 88% effective
in reducing head injuries for bicyclists.
\doc\95\07\horserid.txt - horseback riders in 1992: one
injury per 113 per year vs 1 per 83 for bicycle riders
@@Biological warfare
\doc\96\08\bioagnt.txt "How Lethal Are Biological Agents" Business
Week Dec 16, 1996 p. 130
Disease Incubation Fatalities
Anthrax 1-5 days 80%
Plague 1-3 days Pnuemonic 100%
Bubonic 50%
Tularemia 1-10 days 30-40%
Cholera 2-5 days 25-50%
Botulism 3 days 30%
Source: U.S. Intelligence Reports
@@Biotechnology
\doc\95\13\whobio.txt - WHO press release says biotech can
reduce death from disease in the world.
@@Birth
Summary - Asians have the lowest rate of alchohol, smoking, drug use
and AIDS while pregnant, lowest rate of teen pregnancy, unmarried
pregnancy. They have highest rate of 30-35 births. If there were an
ethnic strategy to family success, it would be to minimize teen and
unmarried births, and maximize education and income, and get married
before birth
On the minus side, Asians are more likely to be below poverty level,
be uninsured or publicly insured, and receive late or no prenatal
care. Suprisingly, the only negative outcomes are a slightly higher
rate of low birthweight, but this seems to be a sign of smaller
babies, not less healthy since the rate of infant mortality is much
lower than any other ethnic group. Asians also have the lowest rate
of SIDS, Asians were the inspiration to try moving babies off their
stomachs which was the recommended sleeping position in the West.
see @@abortion
See @@adoption
see @@Aids
see @@drugs
see @@health @@Drugs
see @@Circumcision
see @@Infant mortality
see @@Low birth weight
see @@Prenatal care
see @@Smoking
Birth
@@Birth
@@Birth Control
27 May 1997 Tim Kuchta Subject: [PN]
Malthusian roots of birth control Here's another telling quote from
BCR in an effor to promote birth control among Asians in the Western
U.S.: Birth Control Review; October, 1926 "Sowing Seeds In the West"
Perct Clark, Ph.D. "...seeminly endless desert, broken only
occasionally by valleys where irrigation is possible. How many of
you realize that possibly not more than two per cent, certainly not
as much as ten per cent, of the entire state of Nevada can ever be
used for human support. There is not the water for any more, and
land without water is utterly useless for the purpose of growing
food."
@@Black
STUDY FINDS THAT CARIB BORN BLACKS HEALTHER THAN WHITES IN NYC
url: http://wp1.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/displaySearch?WPlate+
36764+%28life%26expectancy%29%3Adescription%26and%2619961108%3Cevent%5Fdate
clip: \clip\96\08\blakmort.txt Black Mortality Studies Find Wide
Geographic Disparities
By Judith Havemann Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 21
1996; Page A21 The Washington Post
Analysis by Arthur Hu
For New York City
Cardiovascular
Young men Deaths
Race Born in per 100,000 Index
Black South 106.5 2.74
Black Northeast 99.0 2.55
Black Carribean 38.2 -1.02
White Northeast 38.8 1.00
Source: Shantha Madhavan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New
York.
Comment - it's not racism, but culture and lifestyle that accounts
for poor health of blacks relative to whites.
\priv\95\03\blakheal.txt - Why do blacks die earlier? Poverty and
lifestyle explanations. Does not ask why whites die earlier than
Asians.
@@Black Plague
Dale Warner dalewarner@aol.com writes "Unquestionably the most
devastating plague to ever hit any continent was the Asian Black
Plague brought to Europe by Asiatic invaders. Between 1/2 and 2/3 of
all the inhabitants of Europe were murdered by these Asiatic germs,
only about a century before Columbus sailed to the Caribbean."
@@Blind
\clip\96\01\blinchil.txt Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:53:50 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Growing Up Blind Study By The
Associated Press. Blind Babies Foundation of 971 babies born between
1980 and 1995, based in San Francisco:
Cases% W50 B9 H20 A8
Pop% W70 B12 H12 A3
Rate .71 .75 1.66 2.66
Index W1.00 B-1.05 H-2.33 A-3.75
Asians are nearly 4 times more likely to be born blind than whites,
more than any other race. Hispanics are about 2 times. Blacks usually
fare worst on most health measures, but come out about the same as
whites when it comes to birth blindness.
94\16\priv\indiblin.txt - blindness in india
@@Blind, window
13 WINDOW BLIND DEATHS PER YEAR
Seattle PI 11/3/2000 A3 horizontal window blinds are believed to have
caused 130 child deaths since 1991 (13/yr), 13 mo old boy died after
getting tangled in blind cord near crib, 500m had been recalled
before by cons product safety commission
@@Blonde
BLONDES MAKE 10% LESS MONEY IN ICELAND z48\clip\2001\02\blonde.txt
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010212/od/blondes_dc_1.html Reuters
Monday February 12 12:57 PM ET Blonde employees earned 10 percent
less than their light brown haired colleagues, whose monthly pay
averaged 232,000 Icelandic crowns ($2,700). People with very dark
hair came second, followed by red- and grey-haired individuals. All
these were ahead of blondes, whose salaries averaged 208,000 crowns.
Men above the height of 179 cm were paid on average 260,000 crowns a
month, 16.5 percent more than men 10-15 cm shorter.
@@Boat
SeaTimes Aug 10, 1999 no licence required in this state 36 killed in
wa state boats 1994, 22 in 98, up to aug 99
\doc\96\06\watrbike.txt "From Sea to Shining Seat, Water Bikes Make
Big Waves With Safety Authorities" WSJ 6/21/96 p. B1 800,000
waterbikes are in use in the US, 1996 sales are expected to reach
230,000 units. Coast Guard data shows that between 1990 and 1994
water-bike related injuries (often to head or spine) increased to
1338 from 532. There were 56 fatalities in 1994, or 24 per 100,000
units. If each unit gets used for 4 hrs per week for 10 weeks, thats
40 hrs per year, or 0.6 deaths per 100,000 hrs.
boatus.com http://206.65.84.196/deathrel.htm April 28 - Recreational
boating fatalities dropped 13 percent in 1996 to a record low of 714.
The previous low was 800 deaths in 1993 and the record high - 1754
deaths - was recorded in 1973. Statistics just released by the
National Association of State Boating Law Administrators indicate
that the number of non-fatal boating accidents also declined last
year. In 1996, there were 4,589 non-fatal accidents reported to state
boating agencies, down from 4,954 in 1995. Personal watercraft deaths
declined, too, from 79 in 1995 to 54 in 1996.
@@Body Piercing
http://www.extremus.com/gallery.htm Extreme Body Piercing Not
for the faint of heart.
http://www.bme.freeq.com/pierce/bme-pirc.html
@@Bomb
\clip\96\01\hero.txt AP 7/31/96 Atlanta bombing suspect may suffer
from "hero syndrome"
\doc\95\09\oakdeath.txt 22% of Oaklahoma city bombing deaths black,
80% of children
\doc\95\05\bombdeat.txt - Death due to bombings in the US
"Lobbyists for Explosives Makers Battle Proposal To Require
'Taggants' for Tracing Bomb Sources" Wall Street Journal
May 4, 1995 p. A16
Source: Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco and Firearms
US Bombing Cases
Year No. Killed Injured
1989 1,065 74 495
1990 1,275 64 385
1991 1,585 75 695
1992 1,911 45 469
1993 1,880 70 1,375
(about 1 in a million chances per year)
@@Bone marrow
Marrow doc921\marrow.wk1
doc\94\3\priv\bonemarr.txt Asian woman looking for bone marrow Seattle PI
chance of Asian match is 1/10 that of whites but chance of registry is
better than average.
@@Boys
\doc\96\06\boyhurt.txt "Daredevils and Fraidycats" Parents March 1992
p. 158 Lawrence Kutner PhD, Harvard University. Even as young as
preschool, boys are much more likely to injure themselves. The
National Safety Council reports that in 1988, boys accounted for 68%
of all children five and under who died of accidental injuries.
F092396
@@Bra
\clip\98\11\bra\bra.htm From Shallow Breathing to Breast Cancer?
Bras May Be a Health Hazard ABC News.com 9/4/98
@@Brain
@@Mad Cow
z75\clip\2003\12\madcow.txt
One Mad Cow Sets Off a Stampede
NYT Op-Ed December 30, 2003
By SCOTT C. RATZAN
LONDON
Few people questioned the assertion that there was a link
between eating meat and Creutzfeldt-Jakob in humans. But
the dire predictions never came to pass: only about 20
Britons a year have died of the variant of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob since that scare. There were other
victims though: British beef farmers lost perhaps $10
billion in sales, and the British public's trust in
government and the press took a severe blow.
\clip\98\06\madmeat.txt
Seattle Weekly March 12, 1998 p. 25 \clip\98\06\madmeat.txt Mad Meat
We're just starting to learn how 'mad cow' diseases move through the
food chain and what they can do to us by Chris Carrel
The Official Mad Cow Disease Homepage http://mad-cow.org/
CJD = Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease rare but fatal brain disease like mad
cow disease kills 1 to 2 per million per year, 5 per year in WA state
(that would be 300-400 per year nationally)
z48\clipim\2001\03\madcow1 Greg Cochran this disease is apparently
caused by a truly weird nonlving pathogen, called a prion. A prion
is, we think, an improperly folded version of a normal brain protein.
The prion version of the protein i s resistant to the normal cellular
cleanup mechanisms, and gradually the bad form of the protein
proliferates, causing fatal brain damage. Might have a incubation time
as long as 30 years.
@@Breakfast
EAT YOUR CORN FLAKES, SCORE BETTER?
\doc\web\97\02\brekfast.txt "Study: Timing of Breakfasts Affects
School Performance" (AP) Seattle Times Oct 15, 1996 p. a3 Brend
Coleman 775 of 500 boys and girls in an Israeli elmentary school who
ate breakfast at home scored better on standardized tests
@@Brain
\priv\96\03\braindie.txt Why men just stop paying attention By
Glennda Chui Mercury News Science Writer 2/12/96 BALTIMORE -- Men lose
brain tissue three times faster than women as they age, with the
sharpest decline in the part of the brain that governs mental
flexibility and attention span, according to a study of brain
activity.
@@Brain Cancer
"Brain cancer rates higher in electrical utility jobs" (Wash Post)
Seattle times Jan 17, 1997 p. A8 Electrical utility wokers exposed to
the highest field levels are twice as likely to die of brain cancer
as the average american, but overall levels are low (twice 6 per
100,000), and they have lower death rates from most cancers and other
causes. American Journal of Epidemiology. h:\clip\97\28\braincan.gif
@@Breast cancer
@@Breast-feeding
"In a reversal, bottle-feeding gets a bad rap" USA Today Dec 5, 1995
F120595 asian.health.breast-feeding
BLACKS LOWEST, BUT ASIANS HIGHEST BREAST FEEDING RATE
"Bottle vs. breast" Chart, Seattle Times Aug 10, 2005 B2
2002: Pct Vs. White
Black 19.2% -1.86
Hispanic 32.7% -1.10
White 36.0% 1.00
Asian 46.2% 1.28
WIC 22.1%
non-WIC 42.7%
Source: Mother's Survey, Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories
2001 study in Journal Pediatrics found non-Hispanic black women 2 1/2
times less likely to breast feed even after controlling for
socio-economics. Article highlights black, but not Asian rate.
@@Breast implants
A lot of lawyers got rich with junk science, but real studies showed
no health problems related to silicone. Another interesting study
showed that women who get implants have a much riskier sexual and
drug / alchohol lifestyle than average women.
BREAST IMPLANT STUDY BLAMES THE VICTIM? \clip\97\16\hardsci.txt
http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/malk_070197.html
Copyright © 1997 The Seattle Times Company Tuesday, July 1, 1997
Michelle Malkin: Junking hard science for sensitivity is an unhealthy
trend
BREAST IMPLANT WOMEN RISKIER THAN MOST WOMEN
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/ c:\clip\97\14\breast.txt Chicago
Tribune RISKS LAID TO IMPLANTS MAY BE DUE TO OTHER CHOICES Web-posted
Wednesday, May 28, 1997; 6:52 a.m. CDT Source: Linda S. Cook of
Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Journal of the
American Medical Association. About 1 million American women have had
implants, 80 percent for cosmetic reasons.
Women with implants were: Nearly three times more likely to drink
seven or more alcoholic beverages each week. - More than 1.5 times
more likely to have been pregnant before age 20. - More than twice
as likely to have terminated at least one pregnancy. - More than
twice as likely to have used oral contraceptives. - About 4.5 times
more likely to have used hair dyes. - Nearly nine times as likely to
have had at least 14 sexual partners. - Much less likely to be heavy
in weight. (Well, at least that's one favorable comparison)
\clip\97\03\junksci.txt Breast-implant `science' headed to the
junkyard Copyright © 1997 The Seattle Times Company Jan. 30, 1997
http://www.seattletimes.com/topstories/browse/html97/junk_013097.html
d:\priv\96\05\implants.htm - Feb 27 PBS Frontline transcript shows
the silicone breast implant scare finally had no scientific basis, it
turned into an entire legal industry.
http://www.boston.com:80/wgbh/pages/frontline/implants/implantscript.html
@@Breast size
z53\clip\2001\10\brasize.txt "Dutch women's breasts bigger than ever
survey finds" source: Expatica.com 24 October 2001
European marketing survey conducted by GfK FashionScope
7 european countries
1999 2001
Netherlands 22.1 24.7
Britain 36.3 (highest percentage)
Dutch 30.0
\priv\96b\05\bigrbrea.txt Return-Path:
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 03:01:05 -0400 Burgeoning Trade in Full-Figure
Bras Gives Lift to Manufacturers, Retailers By Kelly Barron, The
Orange County Register, Calif. American women on average need larger
bras than they used to. (Asian women tend to need smaller sizes
though)
@@BSE "Mad Cow Disease"
IS MAD COW DISEASE CAUSED BY BAD BEEF? WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
z48\clip\2001\03\bsebad.htm Mad Cows & Englishmen Steven A. Shaw WHEN
BOVINE spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) strikes, cattle become
disoriented and apprehensive BUT does BSE in cattle cause v-CJD in
humans? One would think a responsible government would demand
compelling evidence before undertaking so economically devastating a
course of action as has Britain.
@@Cancer Asian.Health.Cancer
@@Candle
\clip\99\01\candle.txt (ap) More fires, deaths blamed on candles January
7, 1999 National Fire Protection Association: Candles were blamed for
9,930 fires, 126 civilian deaths and $170.6 million in property
damage nationwide in 1996, the most recent year for which statistics
are available, the association said.
@@Carseat
path: asian.health.carseat
file: \doc\95\06\carseat.txt 700 children under 4 killed, 75,000 injured
in cars.
@@Carbon monoxide poisoning
Summary - SE Asians vunerable to CO poisoning by using primitive
heating systems other than central heating.
\doc\96\01\co.txt - 1,500 deaths per year. Angus Reid Group
"colorless, odorless and deadly" Newsweek Oct 3, 1994 p. 60
1991 Deaths in the US (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Motor vehicles 45,536 Falls 12,662 Drowning 4,621 CO poisoning
594
doc\94\1\carbmono.txt
doc\94\7\carbmono.xls CO poisoning in Washington State
White Black Hispani Asian Other SE As?
Index vs W 1.00 2.96 57.14 16.93 8.52 116.37
doc\94\9\copois.txt Original study on charcoal briquette CO poisoning
@@Cervical cancer
asian.health.cervical-cancer
\doc\96\03\cervcanc.txt "Cervical cancer deaths preventable, national
panel says" Seattle Post Intelligencer 4/4/96 p. A3 5,000 American
women die of cervical cancer per year, nearly all could be prevented
by condom use and routine pap smears. Young people should delay the
onset of sexual activity and limit the number of partners (geez, why
don't they say that about AIDS?). It is second to breast cancer as
most common malignancy. Survey of women sexually active starting in
college found 25% infection within one year, with average of only 2
partners.Virtually all are related to infection by human papilloma
virus, or HPV, which is sexually transmitted. Smoking, oral
contraceptive use, other STD's are also risk factors.
d:\doc\94\18\vietcanc.wk1 - Cancer in Vietnamese women
AW May 13, 1994
vietnamese: 3.2 vs. general pop in CA
@@Checkup
Summary: Asians had lowest rate of check ups
\clip\96\01\checkup.txt - Doctors no longer recommend yearly
routine checkups, more like once every 2 or 3 years should be
OK. More emphasis on healthy lifestyles, less on checking and
measuring.
seateen.wk1 - seattle survey of drug use among students
Students who did not have a check-up or physical Examination in the
past 2 years, grades 9-12 1993 W1.00 B1.00 H-1.18 A-1.23 SEA1.34 NA 1.05
@@Chemicals
Common wisdom - chemicals will kill us all
PG&E LAWSUIT OVER CHROMIUM EXPOSURE A SCAM
z40\clip\2000\03\chrom.txt March 28, 2000 Editorial Page WSJ 'Erin
Brockovich,' Exposed By Michael Fumento, a senior fellow at the
Hudson Institute. "Erin Brockovich," which was No. 1 at the box
office for a second week in a row, is a slick and enjoyable movie.
The film tells the true story of Erin Brockovich, a legal assistant,
who in 1993 lined up some 650 prospective plaintiffs from the tiny
desert town of Hinkley, Calif., to sue Pacific Gas & Electric. In
1996 PG&E settled the case for $333 million. The problem is that no
one agent could possibly have caused more than a handful of the
symptoms described. Chromium 6 in the water almost certainly didn't
cause any of them.
DANGER IN VINYL TOYS WAY OVERBLOWN \doc\web\98\10\chemtoy.txt Greenpeace
Yells Fire in a Crowded Daycare Center by Michael Fumento Nov 20
@@Chickenpox
\clip\96\02\chikpox.txt Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 17:24:05 -0400
Vaccination Lack Said Causing Chickenpox, Measles Outbreaks By PAUL
RECER AP Science Writer. Chicken pox causes 9,000 hospitalizations
and 90 deaths annually in the US.
@@Childhood Abuse
NO RACIAL DIFFERENCE IN HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE Despite many city
statistics that show blacks have a very higher rate of domestic abuse
and children in foster homes due to violent abuse, a survey of women
showed no difference by race. It showed much higher behavioral risks
for those with a history of abuse. "Clinical Characteristics of
Women With a History of Childhood Abuse" JAMA May 7, 1997 p. 1362
Jeanne McCauley et al White - 14.2% Nonwhite - 13.8%
Prevalence Ratios for some problems if woman had history of abuse
High Anxiety 2.5
High Depression 3.5
Attempted Suicide 3.7
Considered Suicide 2.5
Hospitalized for
emo/mental 3.2
Ever Street Drugs 2.7
Now Street Drugs 4.7
Al/drug abuse 2.3
Drink problem 2.2
@@Children Health
Kids Count Data
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
701 St. Paul St. Baltimore, MD 21202
ph: 410-547-6600 fax: 410-547-6624 e-mail: webmail@aecf.org
Data by state: (most not broken out by race)
KIDS COUNT State Indicators
Percent Low Birth-Weight Babies
Infant Mortality Rate
Child Death Rate
Rate of Teen Deaths by Accident, Homicide, and Suicide
Teen Birth Rate
Juvenile Violent Crime Arrest Rate
Percent of Teens Who Are High School Dropouts
Percent of Teens Not Attending School and Not Working
Percent of Children in Poverty
Percent of Families with Children Headed by a Single Parent
@@Cholera
\clip\96\02\cholera.txt Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 14:27:12 -0400 More
Than 1,000 Foreigners Quarantined in Cholera Outbreak ULAN BATOR,
Mongolia. 6 have died of cholera, at least 65 infected, 1,600 exposed
or have symptoms. Comment - that's probably more than die of AIDS in
all of China in a year.
d:\doc\94\16\priv\chol3.txt - 14,000 dead of cholera in Rwanda SJM
7/26/94
@@Cholesterol -
very little differences between races
1988-91 White Black HispanicTotal MF
men 1.00 0.98 0.99 1.00
women 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.00
\doc\95\11\healhabt.txt "Study Says Health Habits Linked to
Education, Not Race" Asian Week Jan 20, 1995
Percent
women men
White Asian White Asian
Hi Choles 25.8 27.0 27.4 25.8 -
% ever told by doctor that rate
is high.
Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1991-92 Healthy
People 2000, 1991
@@Circumcision -
also see female genital mutilation
Summary: Asians have a low rate of circumcision, but a very low rate
of AIDS and STDs, so the STD issue may be moot for Asians.
- see penis survey, Internet poll was 50%
for White or Asian
Circumcision Spectrum
----------------------
96% US Jews
90% US 1960s
85% US Gay men 1990s
81% US White 1997
80.9% US MIdwest 1996
66.5% US Northest 1996
65% US Black 1997
63.6% US South 1996
60.2% US 1996
54% US Hispanic 1997
62% Mother less than HS Grad
60% US 1990s
36% US West 1990s
23% Canada 1996
7% Britain 1996
In west
63.9% 1979
49.4% 1984
41.0% 1989
35.5% 1993
36.3% 1996
------------------------------------------------------------
Circumcision in the United States Laumann et al JAMA April 2, 1997
1052. Finds no significant difference in contracting STDs, overall
slight benefit. Circumcised engage in "more elaborated" sexual
practices (mastur/or sex) . No Asians (but probably low)
z48\clipim\2001\03\08\circ\circ.efx
Group rate of circumcision
White 81
Black 65
Hisp 54
NoRelig 80
Prot 82
ConservProt 71
Cath 79
Jewish 96
Moth LessHS 62
Moth HSG 84
Moth SoColl 84
Moth ColGra 87
W1933-47 65
W1947-62 86
W1963-73 86
All black hisp
C UC C UC C UC
Het oral 80 65 52 47 75 67
Pass het oral 81 61 71 57 71 75
Active homo oral 5 2 3 3 10 2
Pass homo oral 8 6 6 8 10 5
Het anal 8 6 24 22 35 36
Mast in past yr 47 34 27 28 44 38
Note homosexual sex rate 6-10%
Source: National Health and Social Life Survey
z45\clipim\2000\10\05\circum.efx The unkindest cut Seattle Weekly
April 8, 1992 The case against circumcision Thomas J. Ritter MD
Circumcision Information Resource Center Seattle Washington.
No benefits, no harm from circumcisions, report says. Seattle Times
Jan 11, 2000 Tammy Webber American Academy of Opthamology reports 1
in 476 chance of complication wach saves 6 urinary tract infection,
1/2 case of penile cancer study of Wa boys, 37% done in hospital.
Est 1 in 100 uncir get u.inf vs 1 in 1000, penile cancer is only 1 in
100.000
CIRCUMCISION PRO AND CON
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/lifestyles/html98/circ_081298.html
\clip\98\10\circum.txt Seattle Times August 12, 1998 Circumcision: A
sensitive decision by Ian Ith Seattle Times staff reporter "By the
1960s, 90 percent of boys born in the U.S. were circumcised.
Nowadays, 60 percent of boys in America are circumcised, the national
Center for Health Statistics' most recent data shows. In the West,
however, the rate is 36 percent, down steadily nearly every year
since 1979, when the rate was 64 percent. "
BLACKS, HISPANICS LESS LIKELY TO BE CIRCUMCISED "Circumcision in the
United States" JAMA April 2, 1997 F052397 p. 1052 White 81% Black 65%
Hispanic 54% Also shows rate of STD goes way up with number of
partners
C=circumcized UC uncircumsized
All 1-4 life partners 5-20 21+
Rate per 1000
C UC
Gonorrhea 94.7 104.8 22.1 20.4 108.4 143.9 237.3 196.4
Syphillis 9.3 10.8 2.5 6.8 9.9 7.6 28.2 0.0
All Viral 35.3 32.3 17.2 13.7 32.0 30.3 90.4 89.3
NO BENEFIT TO CIRCUMCISION?
\clip\97\09\circum.txt
http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/circ_040297.html
Copyright © 1997 The Seattle Times Company Wednesday, April 2, 1997
No health benefits seen in circumcision by Marie McCullough
Knight-Ridder Newspapers The latest research on the pros and cons of
circumcision shows it has no health benefits, but it may enhance a
man's sex life. University of Chicago researchers found they had
less sexual dynsfunction with age, and more highly elaborated set of
sexual practices (oral sex and masturbation) It analyzed data from
1,410 men, ages 18 to 59, surveyed in 1992 by the National Health and
Social Life Survey. It did not reduce diseases or infections, in
fact the uncircumsized had more of some STDs.
W1.00 B-1.24 H-1.50 A 0.00
White 81% 1.00
Black 65% -1.24
Hispanic 54% -1.50
Asian NA
Native 77% -1.05
Immigrant 42% -1.92
\doc\94\18\priv\hivart.txt - circumcised men had 2 times less risk
than the uncircumcised for HIV. 85% of gay men were circumcised.
Uncircumcised status was significantly associated with older age,
nonwhite race, and history of syphilis; it was inversely associated
with intravenous drug use.
Title: The association between circumcision status and human
immunodeficiency virus infection among homosexual men. (Periodical
Report) (Abstract) Authors: Kreiss, J.K.; Hopkins, S.G.
Citation: AIDS Weekly, Jan 17, 1994 p24(2)
@@Clothes
* Asian women are shorter, and have proportinally shorter limbs than
caucasian women. "Finally clothes tailored for the Asian woman"
Vinh Do, International Examiner (Seattle) June 15, 1994 p. 9
@@Coffee
\clip\97\02\coffee.txt Chicago Tribune NATIONAL STUDY NORWEGIAN
RESEARCHERS SAY COFFEE INCREASES CHOLESTEROL
z56\CLIP\2002\07\caff.txt
SCIENCE
Edward Willett
The world's most popular drug
"drinking coffee, which contains as much
as 100 milligrams per six-ounce cup. Next probably comes tea, with 70
mg per six-ounce cup, colas, at 50 mg per 12-ounce can, and chocolate,
and chocolate (six mg per ounce of milk chocolate)."
"The caffeine molecule binds to the same receptors in
nerve cells as adenosine, a brain chemical that slows nerve cell
activity, causing drowsiness"
"impact is on sleep. If you consume a big
cup of coffee at 3 p.m., by 9 p.m. half the caffeine from that cup is
still in your system"
@@Cold
%%Dressing
No, You Don't Catch a Cold From Getting Cold!
"Dressing for the Cold" Sesame Street Parents December / January 1995
p. 54. A child responded that you don't catch colds because of not
dressing warmly enough, you get them from viruses. This is correct,
according to doctors. However, you need to guard against frostbite.
\doc\95\12\kidcold.txt Treating kid's colds USA Today Oct 9, 1995 p.
D1 Source: Market Research Institute for Triaminic - paper filed
\clip\98\02\flu.txt Seattle Times 1/21/98 "Sneezing at those cold,
flu myths" Don Colburn. (www.seattletimes.com) Wear a coat, or
you'll catch cold Wrong again. Harsh weather alone will not cause
flu or the common cold. For either illness to strike, it takes a
germ, a virus.
%%Treatment
Top ways pediatricians with children under 15
treat their own children's coughs and colds
62% Let cold take its course
17% Rest and fluids
13% Over the counter medicine
7% Treat for comfort
5% Acetaminophene for fever
(more than one choice possible)
TREATMENT MAY FEEL BETTER, BUT NOT CURE FASTER
\clip\98\02\flu.txt Seattle Times 1/21/98 "Sneezing at those cold,
flu myths" Don Colburn. (www.seattletimes.com) Wear a coat, or
you'll catch cold Wrong again. Harsh weather alone will not cause
flu or the common cold. For either illness to strike, it takes a
germ, a virus.
%%Prevalence
\clip\98\02\flu.txt Seattle Times 1/21/98 "Sneezing at those cold,
flu myths"> Don Colburn. (www.seattletimes.com) Children average 6 to
8 cold per year, adults 2 to 4. NCHS says 65 million colds send
people to the doctor or home from work.
@@Colon Cancer
"Guide to Health" http://guidetohealth.com/colon2.htm "Colon cancer
is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
Many of these deaths are preventable with lifestyle changes and
regular preventative colon screening. In 1996 approximately 133,500
individuals were newly diagnosed with colon cancer and about 60,000
patients die of colon cancer each year."
@@Computer
\clip\96\02\brstcomp.txt 20 Aug 1996 11:35:44 -0400 Study: Computer
work ups breast cancer risk BOSTON (AP) -- Women who work with
mainframe computers and other equipment generating strong magnetic
fields may be at greater risk of developing breast cancer, according
to a new study.
@@Condom - also see AIDS.CONDOM
%%General
\priv\95\18\aswmheal.txt 16 November 17. 1995 ASIAN WEEK "The State
of Asian Women's Health: A Compendium of Facts and Findings" WHILE
MORE SEXUALLY CONSERVATIVE, APAS REMAIN AT RISK OF HIV INFECTION.
[But Asian women are generally the lowest of any race / gender group]
Cochran, et al., (1991) conducted a survey of male and female
students at a California university, Of the Asian American students
who were sexually active, only 11 percent reported consistently using
condoms.
\priv\95\05\uscondom.txt Lifestyles remain a major barrier to condom
use By Kim Painter, USA TODAY LIFE Page 4D - July 7, 1992
Survey of US Teens and condom use:
The breakdown, by race, grade and
lifetime number of partners:
Lifetime number of sex partners
1-3 48.3%
More than 4 40.6%
Race
White 45.9%
Black 47.1%
Hispanic 38.4%
Asian NA
Note that although Blacks have highest rate of condom use, they have
the highest rates of AIDS and teen / unwed pregnancy
Grade 9th 50.8%
10th 47.9%
11th 44.1%
12th 41.6%
Total 44.9% *
- Students who say they had sexual intercourse during the three months
before the survey
%%Ineffective
CONDOMS NOT EFFECTIVE IN COMBATTING STDS IN TEXAS
z48\clip\2001\02\stdcond.txt Waco Tribune-Herald, February 14, 2001
Groups use Valentine's Day to promote sexual health By RODNEY
CARMICHAEL Tribune-Herald staff writer When used correctly and
consistently, condoms are effective in decreasing the transmission of
the HIV (which causes AIDS), as well as gonorrhea, health analysts
agree. However, there isn't as much proof that condoms decrease the
risk of spreading other STD infections as claims often suggest,
according to the Medical Institute for Sexual Health.
@@Conservatism
JAMA: STRONG RELIGION, FAMILIES KEEP KIDS OUT OF TROUBLE. "JAMA Study No Surprise to Pro-Family
Groups" Family Research Council Watch Nov 1997 On September 10,
the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
published a study that showed that intact, devoted families produce
safer and healthier children.
@@Construction
CONSTRUCTION ABOUT TWICE AS HAZARDOUS AS AVERAGE
Seattle Times 2/27/99 "The building goes on, rain or shine" 1997
study, carpenters 26 per 100 and roofers 28 per 100 injuries. 17.3
of 100 ill or injured on job, about double rate of 9.6 per 100 for
all jobs, state dept Labor and Indistries.
@@Contraceptives
\doc\95\04\contrace.wk1 - Contraceptive Use By Race
"Who's Using What" Newsweek March 13, 1995 p. 62
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
Contraceptive Use by Race, Percent
Index, White = 1.00
White Black Hisp
Female Sterilization 1.00 1.50 1.21
Condom 1.00 1.14 1.01
Pill 1.00 1.00 1.10
Other 1.00 -1.19 1.03
Male Sterilization 1.00 -11.92 -2.42
Whites are much more likely to use male sterilization
Blacks more likely to use female sterilization
%%failure rate
\clip\96\06\birtcont.txt Tuesday, October 1, 1996 · Page A2 © 1996
San Francisco Chronicle Birth Control Use Hasn't Prevented Pregnancy
Crisis Charles Petit, Chronicle Science Writer
According to the Guttmacher Institute
53% of unplanned pregnancies are a result of lack of contraceptives.
Women who are pregnant in first year of use
8% who use oral contraceptives
15% who use condoms
San Jose Mercury News Jan 16, 1994 p. 23A Karl Kahler
The female condom has a 26% failure rate due to improper use
Over a one-year period, the pregnancy rate for
female condom 26%
birth-control pill 5%
male latex condom and diaphrams 15%
cervical caps 18%
unprotected sex 85%
%%female condom
\priv\96b\07\femcond.txt Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 03:30:49 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Female condom appears to be
popular among low-income women BY HUNTLY COLLINS
%%IUD
>>d:\priv\96\03\iud.doc "IUDs called low-risk, very effective" San
Jose Mercury News March 31, 1992 p. 2C - IUD's are 99.05% effective
and cause a very low risk of disease, but are shunned by Americans
%%Pill
\priv\96b\07\japnpill.txt Japan may make use of the pill legal
\priv\96B\06\MORNAFT.HTM FDA says it's OK to use birth control pills,
but drug companies won't file an appication because of politics.
@@Coronary Artery Disease
\clip\98\17\cad1.htm
http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~dattani/cad1.html
Why South Asians are at High Risk For Coronary Artery Disease:
By Dr. Sudi Devanesen, MD, CCFP, M.CL.Sc, FCFP
South Asian Community Council
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
@@Cosmetics
\clip\96\04\zhen.txt Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 Asian-American Women Find
an Untapped Market -- Themselves By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business
Writer Susan Yee creates cosmetics for Asian women
\priv\96b\07\ethcosm.txt Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 14:21:12 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Business & Race: Cosmetics Firms
Find Women Blur Color Lines Via AP By LEON E. WYNTER. Now cosmetic
companies are competing for ethnic market share and find some whites
cross over to use shades originally for ethnic women.
asian.health.cosmetic-surgery
@@Cosmetic-surgery
asian.health.cosmetic-surgery
"Reconstruction Boom in Tokyo: Perfecting Imperfect Bellybuttons"
Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 1995 p. B1 Women in Japan seek perfect
belly buttons through surgery filed 10-6-95
\priv\95\05\cosmsurg.txt - Boom in Cosmetic surgery in Thailand, eye
surgery to look "Western"
@@Crane
Why Boys Don't Grow Up To Run Cranes Wall Street Journal April 1,
1998 p. B1 Between 1984 and 1994, there were 502 crane-related deaths
in the construction industry, [50 per year] according to a study
sponsored by the Center to Protect Worker's Rights. The worker's
crane union has 30,000 members.
@@Day care
%%government
The Phyllis Schlafly Report Vol.
31, No. 5 P.O. BOX 618, ALTON, IL 62002 DECEMBER 1997 Feminist View
of Motherhood, Marriage, and Career Hillary Proclaims a Daycare
'Crisis' President Clinton is demanding $300 million over five years
to train 50,000 daycare workers, improve the pay of daycare workers,
and direct Americorps student volunteers to look after latchkey kids.
In addition, he is ordering Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to
jawbone private employers to provide free on-site daycare. "As long
as we are promoting an economic system where two parents or single
parents work, it is the responsibility of the federal government" to
promote affordable and accessible daycare.
%%helpful
GOOD QUALITY CHILD CARE HELPS POOR MORE
\clip\97\09\chilcare.txt
http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/care_040497.html
Copyright © 1997 The Seattle Times Company Friday, April 4, 1997
Family, not child care, seen as key to development by Carey Quan
Gelernter Seattle Times staff reporter Does being in child care early
in life make a difference to a child's development? Yes, but not a
big difference. What happens in the child's family is still by far
most central to his development.
\priv\96\08\chilcare.htm Child Care Found Not to Harm Infants' Trust
in Their Mothers By Susan Chira NY Times April 21, 1996 The most
far-reaching and comprehensive study to date has found that using
child care does not affect infants' trust in their mothers. The
conclusions, announced at a conference in Providence, R.I., run
counter to several previous studies that seemed to show that infants
in child care were slightly more likely to have an insecure
relationship with their mothers than those whose mothers stayed at
home with them.
@@Decontamination
z53\clip\2001\10\decon.txt Decontamination bio warfare
http://www.sierratimes.com/archive/files/oct/09/armk100901.htm
Decontamination Procedures
Mike Kemp for Sierra Times 10.09.01
Military Field Manual 3-5 on NBC decontamination can be downloaded here:
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/3-5/fm3-5.htm
3.5 MB .pdf file
@@Dengue fever
\clip\96\05\dengue.txt Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 11:28:39 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Indian capital in grip of dengue
fever NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- Dengue fever has killed at least 17
people in New Delhi, where poor villagers streaming into the already
crowded capital have turned its dirty streets into a breeding ground
for disease, health officials say.
@@Dental
Conventional wisdom - there is a dental care crisis because there
aren't enough minority dentists. Hu spin - actually we've got way too
many Asian dentists as it is, but Asians still have worse dental
outcomes because they skip on dental procedures not covered by middle
class dental insurance. Dental health appears to be one of the few
areas where Asians trail average Americans.
Ranked by Asian Outcome
2000 Dentist rate W1.00 B-6.2 H-4.8 A1.6
------------------------ asians equal to white ------------------
Seattle schools no dent exam W1.00 B-1.21 H-1.18 A-1.23
Oregon cavities 1993 W1.00 B-1.2 H-1.3 A-1.3 B-1.8
New York children 1993 W1.00 B-3.29 H-3.43 A-6.14
CAVITIES ARE GOING AWAY AS THING OF THE PAST
F020497-3 Wall Street Journal Feb 4, 1997
Average Cavities in US (Proctor & Gamble)
1960s 12-15
1990s 3
NOT ENOUGH MINORITY DENTISTS = HEALTH CRISIS?
z48\clip\2001\03\racedent.txt http://www.diversityinc.com/ Shortage
of Minority Dentists Leads To Sharp Decline in Care By ALEXANDER
VARGAS ©2001 DiversityInc.comMarch 30, 2001 A shortage in the number
of minority dentists has led to a decline in minority oral health
care, new findings indicate.dental schools have reduced their
minority enrollment by 30 percent since the 1980s. While African
Americans make up about 12 percent of the population, they only
account for 2.2 percent of dentists, according to the study. Also,
while Hispanics make up 10.7 percent of the population, they only
account for 2.8 percent of dentists. This is in stark contrast to
whites, who comprise around 73 percent of the population but account
for more than 87 percent of the dental workforce.
Pop Dent Rate
4 8.0 1.60 asian?
70 87 1.00 white (1.24 vs avg)
11 2.8 -4.87 hispanic
11 2.2 -6.25 black
2000 Dentist W1.00 B-6.2 H-4.8 A1.6
There are plenty of Asian dentists, but their care is also hurting.
ASIANS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN SEATTLE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE
DENTAL EXAM
seateen.wk1 -
Seattle survey of drug use among students
Students who didn't have a dental examination with teeth cleaning in
past year
G9-12 Seattle schools 1993
W1.0 B1.22 H1.18 A1.23 SEA 1.34 NA 1.05
ASIANS AMONG OTHER MINORITIES WITH MORE CAVITIES
doc939\cavity.xls - Asian cavities in Oregon
doc93A\oregcav.txt - article for above
W52%/1.0 B64%/-1.2 H65%/-1.3 A67%/-1.3 N91%/-1.8
High rate of cavities in kids seen in study
San Jose Mercury News 11/29/93 p.7A
1991-92 statewide study of 2,872 Oregon children
3-12
Ages 6-8 tooth decay in primary or permanent teeth
average 55%
white 52%
AmInd 91%
Asian 67%
Hisp 65%
Black 64%
doc93A\povcav.txt - poverty causes cavities? high black rate
NY ASIANS HAVE HIGH DENTAL PROBLEMS
doc939\nyheal.xls - Asians have high dental problems among school children
White Black Hispanic Asian Other NYC
%Dental Problems 0.7% 2.3% 2.4% 4.3% 4.6% 2.2%
Index Dental Prob 1.00 3.29 3.43 6.14 6.57 3.14
@@Depression
Not much data is available by race, but rates appear to be lowest
among Asians and conservative Christian groups such as the Amish.
DEPRESSION THOUGHT TO BE SAME AS US ABOUT 3%
z47\clip\2001\01\psydrug.txt January 10, 2001 Marketplace Psychiatric
Drugs Sell Poorly in Asia, Where Stigmas, Shamans Do the Job By
THOMAS M. BURTON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
incidence of major depression is about the same as US in Asia, 3% of
adults,
MEN AND WOMEN EQUAL IN EXPANDED DEFINITION \clip\98\06\depres.tif
"Men fight hidden depression" Seattle Times March 11, 1998 p. E2
Chart: An expanded definition of depression: Total depression -
Men=48.7%, Women=47.3%, both=48% Source: Archives of General
Psychiatry, Jan 1994, Seattle Times chart.
\doc\96\06\depres.txt "Depression same world over" Seattle Times Aug
6, 1986
Journal of the American Medical Association published study by Myrna
Weissman of Columbia University in New York. Study of 38,000 people
in 10 countries taking the same standard survey of depression.
Samples were not neccesarily representative, but overall, there
appear to be differences in rates:
Ranked by rate
At least one epsisode reported by
19% Beirut Lebanon
16% Paris Suburb
5% Five US sites
4% Puerto Rico
2.9% Korea
1.5% Taiwan
\priv\96\04\techamis.txt "Technology Amish Style" Technology Review
Feb 1996 p. 31 Eric Brende - Low rates of depression and divorce are
cited for the Amish
http://www.arthurhu.com/arthurhu/ahealth.htm#diabetes
@@Diabetes
About half of Type II diabetes cases are minorities. Most minorities
are about double the rate of Whites, including Asians. One of the few
significant health risks worse for Asians than Whites. It this
thought to be caused by genetic differences and not being used to the
American diet. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the
U.S.
Summary
CDC US W1.00 B-1.54 H-1.54 A-2.9 N1-8
Am Diab Assoc W1.00 B-2.30 H-2.08 A-2.08 N-2.30
Int Ex 1994 W1.00 A-3-4.0
------------------------------------------------------
Links
Diabetes.com
CDC Diabetes page
Diabetes Facts
CDC: Prevalence by Population Groups
Number of persons diagnosed with diabetes (1993 estimates)
Women: 4.2 million
Men: 3.6 million
Children aged 19 years or younger: About 100,000
Adults aged 65 years or older: 3.2 million
Percentage of Adults with Diabetes by Race and Ethnicity (estimates
of the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes from various
national surveys and special studies)
Index
1.54 African Americans: 9.6 percent
1.54 Mexican Americans: 9.6 percent
1.46 Cuban Americans: 9.1 percent
1.75 Puerto Rican Americans: 10.9 percent
1.6 Studies say Asians 1.6 for equal weight NYT
1.0 White Americans: 6.2 percent
1-8 American Indians: Ranges from 5 to 50 percent
2.90 Japanese Americans: Among second-generation Japanese Americans
45 to 74 years of age residing in King County, WA, 20 percent of the
men and 16 percent of the women had diabetes.
CDC US Index W1.0 B-1.54 H-1.54 A-2.9 H1-8
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ddt/facts.htm#prev_gen_race (CDC site)
[[Asian
studies: Asians 60 percent more likely to get diabetes vs. whites
http://nytimes.com/2006/01/12/nyregion/nyregionspecial5/12diabetes.html
THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 12, 2006
Bad Blood
East Meets West, Adding Pounds and Peril
By MARC SANTORA
[[Evolution
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Why So Many Of Us Are Getting Diabetes
Never have doctors known so much about how to prevent or control this
disease, yet the epidemic keeps on raging. How you can protect
yourself By CHRISTINE GORMAN
Time Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003
Evolutionary biologists suspect that a predisposition toward diabetes
developed among certain ethnic groups—such as Pima Indians or
Americans of African descent—as a result of repeated, perhaps even
recent, bouts of starvation. Those individuals who were better able to
decrease energy expenditures during a famine survived and passed on
the trait to their offspring. Unfortunately, that ability seems to
cause insulin resistance when food is plentiful.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/ddt/facts.htm#deaths
In 1993, about 400,000 deaths from all causes are estimated to have occurred among persons aged 25 years and older
who have diabetes. This figure represents 5 percent of all persons known to have diabetes and 18 percent of all deaths in
the United States in persons aged 25 years and older.
Based on death certificate data, diabetes contributed to the deaths of more than 169,000 persons in 1992. It is well
known that death certificate data underrepresent diabetes deaths.
Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates in 1993, according to the National
Center for Health Statistics. It is the sixth leading cause of death by disease.
"Diabetes' silent toll: High rate is `totally unexpected,' according
to UW research" "Of the 16 million Americans who have Type II
diabetes, a half of them are people of color. minorities, especially
Asian Americans, are more prone to have diabetes because they are
genetically predisposed to the disease and are exposed to two risk
factors in American lifestyles: high-fat diets and inadequate
exercise. Less than 8 percent of Tokyo residents have diabetes, for
example, but 20 percent to 25 percent of Japanese Americans in King
County have the disease."
Web: http://www.seattletimes.com/extra/browse/html97/diab_061097.html
\clip\97\15\diabetes.txt The Seattle Times Extra Tuesday, June 10,
1997
\clip\97\03\dietdiab.txt Exercise And Asian Diet Linked To Lower
Diabetes Rates WESTPORT, Oct 02 (Reuters) - Japanese-American men who
maintain an Asian diet and stay physically active have a lower
incidence of diabetes compared with those who pursue a meat-heavy,
more sedentary Western lifestyle, researchers in Hawaii report.
DIABETES RARE IN CHINA, BUT ASIANS VULNERABLE TO WESTERN DIETS
\clip\96\11\silekill.txt Silent Killer Threatens up to 45 Percent of
U.S. Adults By Ronald Kotulak TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Originally
printed: Sunday, February 5, 1995
Asians are thought to be genetically more vulnerable to diabetes
once exposed to western diets, although rare in China
American Diabetes Association
White 5.2 1.00
Blacks 12.0 -2.30
Hispanic 10.8 -2.08
Asian 10.8 -2.08
Mexican 25.0 -4.81(1)
Native Am 11.50 -2.30
Index W1.00 B-2.30 H-2.08 A02.08 N-2.30
(1) Seattle Times 5/30/96
\priv\96\17\DIABGENE.HTM Seattle Times May 30, 1996 "Diabetes
gene-link located with Virgina Mason help " by Warren King About 25
percent of the Mexican-American population has diabetes, compared
with 3 percent of the overall U.S. population. Type II diabetes,
which affects about 15 million adult Americans. (Type I diabetes, or
insulin-dependent, most often develops during childhood.)
"The Silent Disease" AW 4/19/96 F043096-4 Diana Lau APAs have a rate
twice as high as whites. Some Native American tribes are as high as
50%, Latinos and Asians are 10.8 percent, Whites at 5.2%
>>doc\96\02\blakdiab.txt "Blacks urged to heed signs of diabetes"
Seattle Times Feb 21 1996 p. E1 According to the American Diabetes
Association (800-342-2383) blacks are twice as likely as others to
develop diabetes, along with Hispanics and Native Americans. The rate
in Africa is only 2%, but it is 12% among US African Americans.
filed asian.health.diabetes
\doc\96\01\fatydiab.txt "Fatty foods may cause diabetes in
minorities" Dean Wong International Examiner (Seattle) Jan 17, 1996.
High fat diets cause diabetes in Asians, but Europeans are used to
it.
c:\priv\95\17\diabrate.txt - AP / Prodigy story. " Another reason is
the growth of minority populations such as blacks, American Indians,
Asian-Americans and Hispanics who have elevated diabetes rates, mostly
because of their genes, he said."
\doc\95\14\diabup.txt - \doc\95\14\diabup.txt "Diabetes up with
changes in population" USA Today Nov 3, 1995 Tim Friend Asians and
Hispanics are genetically vulnerable to diabetes with American diet.
\priv\95\03\diabetes.txt - Time diabetes survey. Low diabetes in
Japan Diabetes is endemic among many American Indian tribes, notably
the Pima Indians of southern Arizona, who have the highest incidence
of Type II diabetes in the world (50% of those over age 35). In some
neighborhoods of San Antonio, one person in five has diabetes.
\priv\95\02\diabworl.txt - World diabetes epidemic - South Asians 50%
higher than English.
"Diabetes plauges APIs in shocking numbers" International Examiner
Nov 16, 1994
Japanese Americans in West Coast cities 3X general pop
Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Filipinos in Hawaii 3X to 4X general pop'
Sept 1988 issue of Diabetes Forecast
%%Diet
WESTERN DIET LINKED TO DIABETES
z55\CLIP\2002\02\diabdiet.txt Nutrition: Linking the Western Diet to
Diabetes NYT February 12, 2002 By ERIC NAGOURNEY researchers, from
the Harvard School of Public Health, said diets [characteristically
Western vs. Asian] high in red meat, processed meat, high-fat dairy
products, refined grains and desserts increased the risk of
developing Type 2 diabetes
@@Dialysis (Kidney Failure)
ASIANS, PACIS, BLACK OVERREP IN DIALISYS
Northwest Kidney Centers 2002 Annual Report
Serves 1,145 patients in King and Clallam County
21% African American
14% Asian American
6% Native American
6% Other
51% Caucasian
33% At or below poverty line
58% Still working, school or active homemaker
33% Waiting for kidney transplant
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@@Diarrhea
\doc\96\06\diarrhea.txt F092396 "New diarrhea vaccine could stop
major childhood killer" In the US, the rotavirus, the leading cause
of diarrhea, causes 3.1 million cases, and 50,000 hospitalizations as
a result of dehydration, but rarely kills. Worldwide, it causes 1
million deaths a year, a major killer. (Comment, it was estimated in
1995 that AIDS would kill 300,000 to 600,000 per year, far less than
the rotavirus). Nearly all children get it at some time.
Trends of Diarrheal Disease
Associated Mortality in US Children
1968 through 1991 Paul E Killgore et al
JAMA Oct 11, 1995 P. 1143
Ratio / Case Rate
Age mo White Black Other
1-11 1.0/8.3 4.0/33.1 2.3/19.5
12-59 1.0 0.9 1.9/ 1.7 0.7/ 0.6
@@Diet
Many attribute Asian health advantages to a low-fat mostly
carbohydrate diet with vegetables. I'm a little skeptical of the
total power of this, Asian Americans still outlive their
counterparts, especially in China, where the life expectancy is only
69.5 years, compared to 83 for US Asians.
%%Calories
MEN: 2,450 WOMEN: 1,877 CALORIES PER DAY
Study Finds a 30-Year Upswing in Amount Americans Eat
WSJ 2/6/2005
CDC found women calories up 22% between 1971 and 2000 from 1,542 to
1,877 calories per day. Men up 7% ot 2,618 from 2,450. Most more
carbohydrates About same protein as 1971.
%%Children
Most of Nation's Children Found to Have Nutritionally Poor Diets. Only
1% of 2-19 eat healthy diets. Sept Journal of Pediatrics according to
usda guidelines survey of 3307 1989-91
16% none
30% fruit grain
36% vegetable
1% met all requirements
2-3day servings
w2.2
b1.7
h1.9
%%Asian
Channel A: Secret of long life and low disease laid to Asian Diet
\clip\97\17\foodpyr.txt Channel A July 1997
http://www.channelA.com/food/column/ptc/970714/index.html?eu An Asian
Pyramid Scheme: Rice and Vegetables are the Building Blocks to a
Healthy Chinese Meal. By Pearl and Tien Chi Chen "The studies found
Chinese to be physically fit and rarely obese. Compared to Americans,
they have only one-seventeenth the heart disease rate, one-fifth the
breast cancer rate and one-half the colon cancer rate. "
\clip\97\03\allergy.txt Asian Food Causes Less Allergy NEW YORK
(Reuters) -- A new study links diet to allergy in UK schoolchildren.
(Indian food)
%%Black
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Seattle Times Friday, July 04, 2003
Advice for black men: Eat more fruits, veggies
By Bruce Taylor Seeman
Newhouse News Service
"Health experts struggling to lower disease rates among black men are
promoting a simple preventive strategy: Eat more fruits and
vegetables.
Men overall eat about 3.9 servings of fruit or vegetables each day,
according to federal estimates. But the fruit-and-vegetable intake
rate is lowest among black men, estimated at 3.1 to 3.5 servings a
day."
%%Fat
\priv\96b\06\lowfat.txt Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 07:20:25 -0400 From:
NewsHound@sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Low-fat diet tied to lower cancer
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston discovered that
patients on a diet of 20 percent fat had fewer precancerous growths
and non-melanoma skin cancers.
\priv\96\01\eatfat.txt SJM 1/17/96 "Americans eating less fat, but
putting on more of it" 1994 Survey shows 1 inch gain in height, 11-12
lbs heavier than 1977-78 survey. 33% of adults overweight compared to
20% in 1977-78. 33% of calories from fat vs. 40% in 1977-78.
\priv\95\02\mexheal.txt Mexicans healthier because of diet? STUDY:
MEXICO-BORN WOMEN HEALTHIER 1/27/95 By RICHARD COLE Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO -- Women in the United States would do well to learn
from the diets of recent Mexican immigrants, according to a
University of California study. Study by UC Berkeley professor Sylvia
Guendelman was published Thursday in the American Journal of Public
Health. The first-generation Mexicans ate diets richer in protein,
zinc, folic acid and calcium, and lower in fat, the study found.
\clip\97\03\dietdiab.txt Exercise And Asian Diet Linked To Lower
Diabetes Rates WESTPORT, Oct 02 (Reuters) - Japanese-American men who
maintain an Asian diet and stay physically active have a lower
incidence of diabetes compared with those who pursue a meat-heavy,
more sedentary Western lifestyle, researchers in Hawaii report.
%%Vegetables
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/14/health/14BROD.html?ex=1022382289&ei=1&en=2276a24949ee9862
The Color of Nutrition: Fruits and Vegetables
NYT May 14, 2002
By JANE E. BRODY
"What Color Is Your Diet?" (Regan Books, $25) and "The Color Code"
(Hyperion, $22.95) emphasize the importance of increasing consumption
of fruits and vegetables, and the need to choose broadly among the
richly colored options. ...the authors of "The Color Code" divide
fruits and vegetables into four broad color groups: red,
orange-yellow, green and blue-purple, each with a different set of
beneficial phytonutrients.
@@Dioxin
\PRIV\95\14\DIOXIN2.TXT Conservatives try to save dioxin
\priv\95\13\dioxin.txt - PNEWS report on effects on dioxin (strongly
negative)
@@Disabled
\doc\95\14\childisa.txt
"Disabilities Among Children Aged <= 17 Years - United States
1991-1992" JAMA Oct 11, 1995 p. 112 (MMWR 1995:44:609-612)
Children aged < 3, overall prevalence of disabilities was 2.2% 3-5,
5.2%, 6-14, 6.3%, 15-17, 9.3%. In all age groups, the prevalence of
disabilities was higher among boys than girls, this sex-specific
difference was greatest in the 6-14 year age group.
The conditions most frequently reported as a cause of
functional limitation among children 17 and under was
29.5% learning disability
13.1% speech problems
6.8% mental retardation
6.3% mental or emotional problems or disorders
\doc\95\11\disable.txt - mmwr report on diabilities in
children under 17
(1). For children aged less than 3 years, the overall estimated
prevalence of disabilities was 2.2%; for those aged 3-5 years,
5.2%; for those aged 6-14 years, 6.3%; and for those aged 15-17
years, 9.3% (Table 1). In all age groups, the prevalence of
disabilities was higher among boys than girls; this sex-specific
difference was greatest in the 6-14-year age group.
The condition most frequently reported as a cause of
functional limitation among children aged less than or equal to 17
years was learning disability (29.5%), followed by speech problems
(13.1%), mental retardation (6.8%), asthma (6.4%), and mental or
emotional problems or disorders (6.3%) (Table 2).
d:\doc\94\20\disable.wk1 - Disability by Race
US Census
Percent of Persons 15 to 64 years old with a disability
by race and Hispanic Origin: 1991-92
White Black Hisp Asian NatAm
Percent 17.7% 20.8% 16.9% 9.6% 26.9%
Index 1.00 1.18 -1.05 -1.84 1.52
Asians only group much lower than Whites
doc93b\dischina.txt 10.2M mentally in China
, 300-460,000 congenitally disabled born each year in china
@@Disparity
BLACKS WORSE THAN WHITES [BUT ASIANS ARE BETTER SHHHH!]
\clip\98\17\racedisp.txt Statistics on racial health disparities
Copyright © 1998 Nando Media Copyright © 1998 The Associated Press
(November 27, 1998 01:09 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) --
Statistics show the disparities between the health of black and white
Americans. According to the Department of Health and Human Services:
[but asians have better cancer, lifeexp, infant mort, aids, heart
etc]
@@Doctor - see @@doctor
@@Dog Bites
\images\98\01\010897\p07.tif Dog-bite injuries are more common
USAT Jan 7, 1998 334,000 ER vists (#2) #1 was 400,000 baseball
games and (#3) 267,000 playground accidents. 670 hospitalized,
20 deaths.
@@Dowry Deaths (India)
Bummer man.
\clip\97\24\dowry.txt [The Indian Express] Wednesday, July 23 1997
Over 5,000 dowry deaths in India annually NEW DELHI,July 22: More
than 5,000 dowry deaths occur every year in India, according to a
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report
@@Aggression
%%Dog
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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/06/science/06DOGS.html?pagewanted=all
February 6, 2001 It Takes Training and Genes to Make a Mean Dog Mean
By MARK DERR Over the centuries, people have selectively bred types
of dogs to emphasize certain traits, including hunting, speed,
herding and aggression, said Dr. Katherine Houpt, director of the
animal behavior clinic at the Cornell University College of
Veterinary Medicine.
see @@Driving
@@Automobile
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