H1N1 death rates higher for some ethnic and racial groups in California

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 02:21 in Health & Medicine

Latinos, blacks and Native Americans in the state have been more likely to die from swine flu than whites, data show. California Latinos have been nearly twice as likely as whites to die of H1N1 flu since the pandemic began last spring, according to statewide figures released Thursday by the California Department of Public Health.

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