US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: study

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African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids.

African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids, according to a study out Monday based on tens of thousands of children.

However proportionally, the mortality was 0.02 percent among white kids, and 0.07 percent -- or 3.5 times higher -- among black children. These include a higher likelihood of African Americans to develop post-surgical complications, according to previous studies; physician-patient communication; health care provider bias; poverty; and limited access to health care.

 

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