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Appendix 4. A Comparison of Internet Use and Health Status of Populations That Experience Health Disparities (Part 6)5. Heart Disease and Stroke5.1 Race and EthnicityBlacks/African Americans face significant disparities in mortality due to coronary heart disease and stroke compared to members of other racial and ethnic groups (Figure 26). Internet use is also the lowest for this population (Figure 25). Source: Pew Internet & American
Life Project’s Daily Internet Tracking Survey, Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the
Healthy People 2010 Database. 5.2 GenderMales have a higher rate of death due to coronary heart disease compared to females (Figure 28). Differences in Internet use do not appear to differ largely between males and females (Figure 27). Source: Pew Internet & American
Life Project's Daily Internet Tracking Survey, Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the
Healthy People 2010 Database. 5.3 Education LevelThose with lower levels of education experience much higher rates of death due to heart disease and stroke and also have lower rates of Internet use compared to those with higher levels of education (Figures 29 and 30). Source: Pew Internet & American
Life Project's Daily Internet Tracking Survey, Source: CDC Wonder. DATA2010…the
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