The death rate due to Covid-19 in Chicago numbered 72 people, and 72% were black population.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
UPDATimes - What do Chicago statistics mean?
As of April 5, 1,824 of 4,680 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Chicago were black-skinned, city officials said on Monday (06/04).
While there are 847 whites, 478 Latin Americans and 126 Asians of Asian descent who experience them.
Until Sunday (05/04) 98 people died, 72% were black residents.
This disparity is seen throughout the state, where blacks constitute 41% of Covid-19 deaths, even though this group constitutes only 14% of the Illinois population.
Chicago public health official, Dr. Allison Arwady told reporters that the life expectancy of the city's black population was 8.8 years shorter than white residents.
The Chicago situation in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
What is the national situation?
Although the corona virus is said to create community equality, the available data suggests that the level of vulnerability to infection varies in different settlements.
In Michigan, blacks make up 14% of the population, but this group accounts for 33% of corona virus cases, and 41% of people who died, according to state health office data on Monday (06/04).
White residents constituted 23% of cases registered in Michigan and 28% of residents died, according to the data.
As many as 80% of the population of Detroit, Michigan, are black. The city and surrounding areas represent about 80% of confirmed corona virus cases.
A similar disparity occurs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the most segregated cities in the US.
Nearly half of the approximately 1,000 confirmed cases were black, as of Friday, and 81% of the 27 people died.
Whereas the black population is only 27% of the total population, according to a Pro Publica study.
About 40% of Louisiana deaths occur in the New Orleans area, where most of the population is black.
Health officials said the population experiencing weight problems, diabetes and high blood pressure there, the number is higher than the national average, so they are more vulnerable to Covid-19.
What happened behind the disparity in Chicago?
The mayor of Chicago, Lightfoot said diabetes, heart disease and respiratory problems "are very common" in the black community.
Dr Cameron Webb, a black doctor who ran for Congress in Virginia, told the BBC that racial and economic disparities in the US were exacerbated by the corona outbreak.
"This is really revealing in the problems of our society," he said.
Alderman Jason Ervin of the Chicago black caucus told the Chicago Tribune that "the level of non-compliance in some areas of the city with the order to remain at home" may also affect statistical data.
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