African-American children with diabetes are twice as likely to die from the chronic health condition compared to their white and Hispanic peers, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
To detect possible disparities in relation to diabetes deaths among children and adolescents, CDC researchers analyzed health data on deaths with diabetes listed as the underlying cause among individuals up to 19 years of age in the U.S. compiled in the National Vital Statistics System from 2000 to 2014.
The analysis revealed diabetes-related death rates for black children were 2.04 per 1 million, while the rates for Hispanic children and white children were 0.61 per 1 million and 0.92 per 1 million, respectively.
"The findings indicate that although the diabetes mortality among children and adolescents has not changed significantly in the United States, disparities by race/ethnicity persist and warrant further research and investigation so that targeted interventions for prevention of diabetes deaths among children and adolescents can be developed and implemented," the report's authors concluded.
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