This issue of the MMWR introduces a new series, "Topics in
Minority Health". The series was prompted by a recommendation in
the
Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health,
which was released by the Department of Health and Human Services
on
October 16, 1985 (1,2). This report presented findings of a study
of
the major causes of health problems and death among certain
minority
groups in the U.S. population. It also called for an effort to
disseminate information concerning these health problems and
approaches to their prevention. Articles in this series will
appear
periodically and will emphasize the six causes of death identified
by
the task force as accounting for more than 80% of excess mortality
in
U.S. minority populations--cancer, cardiovascular disease and
stroke,
chemical dependency, diabetes, homicide and unintentional injuries,
and infant mortality--as well as certain communicable diseases, as
appropriate.
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