Overdoses shorten life expectancy by 27 years. Now disparities in chronic illnesses. The chronic illnesses like heart disease, diabetes, stroke, asthma, kidney disease. These are preventable deaths. 47.7% of diabetes deaths per 100,000 for African Americans in Wisconsin. Which is 2.7 times more likely for black Wisconsinites to die from diabetes than their white counterparts. 249 heart disease deaths per 1,000 for African Americans in Wisconsin. (41:07–41:15)
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Asserts that the diabetes death rate for African Americans in Wisconsin is 47.7 per 100,000.
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