Swine flu risks seen as higher for blacks in Oklahoman

 
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: February 12, 2010 at 7:36 am | Published: February 12, 2010   

Black people appear to be at an increased risk of hospitalization or death from swine flu, according to the Oklahoma City-County Health Department.

In Oklahoma County, blacks make up 14 percent of the population but have accounted for 33 percent of hospitalizations.

"That doesn’t mean there’s any sort of racial or genetic characteristic that would make blacks more susceptible to the flu — we don’t have any evidence of...
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