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COVID-19 deaths are just the beginning of discrepancies in health outcomes by race

Data on the pandemic shows that Black and Hispanic Americans experience higher rates of death due to COVID-19 than white Americans in every age group. However, this disparity is not new; government metrics illustrate how health outcomes have long differed by race.

Hispanic people have historically had the highest life expectancy

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