Author Question: African Americans with kidney disease are more likely to die than whites with the disease because ... (Read 49 times)

piesebel · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

African Americans with kidney disease are more likely to die than whites with the disease because

a. fewer African Americans are referred to transplant programs.
b. drugs developed for white Americans dont work as well on African Americans.
c. African Americans are less likely to want treatment.
d. for genetic reasons, African Americans have naturally weaker kidneys.
e. African Americans dont push hard enough to get treatment.

Question 2

Which of the following is true?

a. Current data suggests that Hispanic Americans die younger than do white non-Hispanics.
b. Hispanic Americans are less likely than white non-Hispanics to have health insurance.
c. On average, immigrants from Central America are in as good health as immigrants from Mexico.
d. Infant mortality is considerably higher among Hispanic Americans than among white non-Hispanics.
e. Hispanic Americans are paradoxically vulnerable to malaria.