African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s (Vitamin D)

African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? Washington Post June 2017

• “Despite representing more than 20 percent of the 5.5 million Americans who have the disease, African Americans account for only 3 to 5 percent of trial participants, according to researchers”
• The word VITAMIN does not occur once in the article

Alzheimer’s Disease In African Americans: Risk Factors And Challenges For The Future July 2014

• About 2X more; Free PDF

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Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains the following summary
FACT - - People with dark skins have more health problems and higher mortality rate than those with light skins
FACT - - People with dark skins have low levels of vitamin D
FACT - - People with light skins who have low vitamin D have health problems
OBSERVATION - - The health problems of whites with low level of vitamin D are similar to those with dark skins
CONCLUSION - - People with dark skins have more health problems due to low levels of vitamin D

Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains the following summary
Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans Cancer.org

• “African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers”
• Has a huge number of tables and charts, Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned

Leading Causes of Death as of March 2018

Rates per 100,000    Age adjusted   Non-Hispanic

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