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âWe can no longer allow racism to rob our residents of the opportunity to live and lead full, happy and healthy livesâ Lightfoot said. But while experts applaud Lightfoot for naming the issue, they say more significant, sustained action will be needed to truly address the crisis in the city â and some community leaders and experts are questioning whether she is doing enough. âWeâve got to approach it with urgency and much more resources than have been brought to bear up to this point,â said Dr David Ansell of Rush University Medical Center, a leader in health equity and author of The Death Gap, which examines life expectancy disparities in Chicago and across the nation. ....
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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. ....