The disparities in health outcomes among different social and racial groups are influenced by multiple factors including race, socioeconomic status, environment, and education. African Americans experience significantly higher rates of chronic diseases and excess deaths compared to non-colored individuals.
Higher the education you have the more high income you would have over the years
Cost of college has increased over the years
Education offers a way to move up the wealth gradient
Social Class
Higher status less stress, better immune function
Social health gradients are more directed towards the lower class, excess death plays a role, because it goes based of the different time periods of deaths, and expect number of deaths in that time period
Poverty can have life long consequences
Environment
Physical work conditions is important for socialeconimc
Life expectancy is lower due to the lack of resources
More fast food restaurants in low income areas
Unemployment
Suborinate would have more health issues than a domiant due to stress
Unemployed could cause mental health issues such as feeling depressed, anxious, an could develop low self-esteem
Levels of cortisol relates to this, because stress causes severe health issues
the grade of employment the greater of heart disease or major cause of death
Race
Maditude of inequality changes over time, it could get worse and worse which could possibly make it better
Excess death on African Americans are over 83,000 deaths per year
Racial discrimination could be a added stressor which would cause hypertension
African Americans have higher rates of chronic diseases than non colored people
African American social health outcomes are going to be worse than non colered people
