Overlooking The Role of Race
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Race is seen to most as a risk factor and for a valid reasoning, being that some races are more prone to obtaining certain diseases. Such as minorities, in particular African Americans are more susceptible to heart disease. The opposing matter would be that everyone is capable of developing heart disease so race should not be a factor to where those with specific races are the only ones who can establish a disease.
Collecting data on race perpetuates helps researchers narrow down information pertaining if race is indeed a risk factor. This can help differentiate if certain races can be immune, affected differently, heal faster etc. It is always necessary to improve public health so collected data specifically for race based research is significant in the ongoing debate whether race is a risk factor. Diabetes is a common disease that is typically studied to verify if minorities are more prone, specially blacks. Diabetes is 60% more common in blacks than in whites. Serious complications of diabetes, like leg amputation and kidney disease, are also more common in blacks. (Crabb, Szabo, Mellinger, & Lucey 2019)
