Black men are 30% more likely to die of heart disease than white men, and African-Americans are 50% more likely than whites to have a stroke

Black men are also nearly 10 times more likely to die of AIDS than white men. African-American women are diagnosed less frequently with breast cancer than white women but are 36% more likely to die of the disease. The prevalence of diabetes in blacks and Hispanics is roughly double that of whites, and Hispanics have higher rates of obesity than non-Hispanic whites.