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By NATALIA RODRÍGUEZ MEDINA/DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE • 10 hours ago Karol Suárez, 41, knows how hard it can be for some people to get the mental-health care they need. Sometimes it even requires family members to lie to their loved ones. In 2019, Suárez was at a mental health conference to talk about her work as a community health worker or health promoter for the Chicago-based Latino Alzheimer s and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA), which supports Latinos with cognitive diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. She was washing her hands in the bathroom when a woman approached her and said this was the only place they could talk freely. ....
The country’s pervasive health inequities were evidenced by a tragic tally of 74,402 excess deaths, on average, among Black people compared with white people each year between 2016 and 2018, according to an analysis of all-cause mortality rates in the 30 largest U.S. cities. Health equity initiatives in the U.S. See how organizations across the country are working to center health equity and name racism as a barrier to equity in their COVID-19 responses. But rates vary widely. In Chicago, for example, racial inequities in mortality rates resulted 3,804 excess Black deaths annually, compared to just six excess deaths a year in El Paso, Texas. ....
CHICAGO (WLS) A new study shows that racial disparities over the last decade have gotten worse in several U.S. cities, including Chicago. Chicago has one of the widest all-cause mortality rate gaps between Blacks and whites in the top 30 largest cities in the country, according to a new study by some local researchers. The Black mortality rate was 65% higher than the white rate from 2009 to 2018. Nationwide, it was 24% higher. City officials and other health stakeholders need data specific to their jurisdiction so they can make an evidence-informed decision so they can prioritize the right things, said Maureen Benjamins, a senior research fellow at Sinai Urban Health Institute. ....