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Activity Number:
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61
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 9, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #300347 |
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Title:
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Can You Count Them? What Do the Numbers Say?
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Author(s):
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Rueben Warren*+ and S. Miles Richardson and Gladys Reynolds
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Companies:
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Address:
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA, 30333,
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Keywords:
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health disparities ; environmental justice ; institutional racism
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Abstract:
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Racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States are well documented. In 1985 there were 60,000 excess deaths among African Americans. Several investigations document associations between hazardous waste sites and race/income status. The U.S. Government Accounting Office found race/ethnicity and low-income were associated with living near hazardous waste sites. The United Church of Christ found that race was the most consistent factor. African Americans and Hispanics are four to five times more likely to live within a one-mile radius of a hazardous waste site. Research is documenting adverse health affects and exposure to toxic and hazardous chemicals. This presentation describes adverse health conditions among racial/ethnic populations; their disproportionate location near hazardous waste sites, toxic chemicals associated with selected health conditions, and plausible physical and behavioral associations. Further consideration should be given to plausible associations between environmental exposures and racial/ethnic health disparities.
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