Rates highest for blacks, then Hispanics.

Physical difference among the races are far more than skin deep.

Marshall Islands immigrants bring their diseases with them.

Black and Hispanic girls reach puberty much earlier than white girls.

Different outcomes blamed on racism.

Even among the insured, whites have higher survival rate.

Too few whites.

Blacks have other diseases and lower survival rates, and are less likely to have surgery.

Black women die in childbirth more than three times as often as white women.

Doctor fears genetic basis for cancer may revive “racist” ideas.