07-15-2010, 10:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-15-2010, 10:22 AM by Don Dresden.)
Ryan Steele Wrote:Native Americans have the lowest life expectancy of any ethnic group in the United States. Just sayin'
Not true. See, e.g., http://health.dailynewscentral.com/conte...002418/42/
"Just sayin'" is apparently the equivalent of "here's something I picked out of my ass."
"Native Americans suffer from higher rates of diabetes, tuberculosis, pneumonia, influenza, and alcoholism than does the rest of the U.S. population," according to a 1998 study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9532441