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Differences Between Races and Ethnicities

Health by Race & Ethnicity

Health
Life Expectancy by Race & Ethnicity , 2016
Cardiovascular Disease , 2017
86
300
84
84.12
250
250.5
Years
82
80
78
76
78.95 78.73
75.28
81.54
Deaths out of 100,000
200
150
100
209.9
201.7
137.4
108.2
74
72
50
70 Asian or Pacific
All White Black La�no Islander
Source : PolicyLink / USC Equity Research Institute , National Equity Atlas , www . nationalequityatlas . org .

Differences Between Races and Ethnicities

Examining health indicators by race , Latinos and Asian or Pacific Islanders have the longest life expectancy while Black residents have the shortest . Across all indicators provided , Black residents are the most likely to have cardiovascular disease , obesity , high blood pressure , or diabetes .
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0 Asian or Pacific
All White Black La�no
Islander
Source : Department of Population Health , NYU Langone Health . City Health Dashboard .
Obesity , 2018 High Blood Pressure , 2018 Diabetes , 2018
Percentage of individuals who are Obese
45.7 %
Black
28.5 %
White
Percentage of individuals with High Blood Pressure
54.3 %
Black
35.2 %
White
Percentage of individuals
with Diabetes
23.9 %
Black
14.0 %
White
Source : Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System . Data is only available for Tarrant County Population and was unavailable for other races or ethnicities
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