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Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News November 2021

"We’ve been interested in risk prediction for some time. My particular interest is in helping identify patients who have social risks and getting to the services they need to address those risks. Risk stratification of modeling is a key first step in that process."
- Joshua Vest, PhD, of the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Black women are 3.4 times more likely to die from pregnancy complications than white women, Native American/Alaskan Native women have a 69% rate of obesity and only 29.3% of Hispanic/Latina women meet ideal cardiovascular health targets.

Source: Population Health News, Volume 8 Number 11, November 2021, "Socioeconomic Barriers for Women Start Early, Impact Health Often," by Nicole Napoli.

KFF: Adults Who Reported Fair or Poor Health Status in 2020 by Race/Ethnicity

1. All Adults: 14.7%
2. White Adults: 13.4%
3. Black Adults: 19.1%
4. Hispanic Adults: 20.0%
5. Asian/Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Adults: 6.1%
6. Native American/Alaska Native Adults: 22.9%

Notes: From a KFF analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s 2013-2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), excluding data from the territories.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2021

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