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Here
is a collection of statistics you can use for Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders, Chinese Americans,
Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans,
or All populations:
Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders
- Although
AAPIs represent four percent of the population, they account for over
half of the 1.3 million chronic hepatitis B cases and half of the
deaths resulting from chronic hepatitis B infection in the United
States
- Two
million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders do not have health insurance
- Only
1/3 of all Asian subpopulations reported having a "great deal"
of choice in their source of care, significantly less than the 50%
reported for the US population overall
-
32% of Asian Americans do not have a regular doctor
- Asian
Americans were less likely than the overall population to rate their
care highly, less likely to be confident about their care, and more
likely to indicate having a communication problems with their doctor
- "Asian
Americans, particular Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipinos, are more
likely to "strongly agree" that it is better to take care
of one's own health and that staying healthy is a matter of luck
- Many
Asian Americans believe their doctor does not understand their background
and values
- Asian
Americans are less likely to receive physician counseling about smoking
cessation, healthy diet and weight, exercise and mental health
Chinese
Americans
- Chinese
Americans are 6x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis
B than Caucasian Americans
Korean
Americans
- Korean
Americans are 8x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis
B than Caucasian Americans
- Korean
Americans have the highest rate of non-insurance among all racial/ethnic
groups (40%)
- 54%
of Koreans do not have a regular doctor
- 49%
of Asian Americans rated their health status as "excellent"
or "very good" but only 25% of Koreans rated their health
status that high
- Korean
Americans are 8x higher at risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis
B than Caucasian Americans
Vietnamese
Americans
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Vietnamese Americans are 13x higher at risk for liver cancer caused
by hepatitis B than Caucasian Americans
- 1
in 5 Asian American adults ages 18-64 is uninsured or has been uninsured
at some point in the past year, with especially high rates for Korean
and Vietnamese Americans
- 41%
of Vietnamese Americans do not have a regular doctor
- 49%
of Asian Americans rated their health status as "excellent"
or "very good" but only 20% of Vietnamese rated their health
status that high
All
populations
- CDC
projects that each 1 million high risk adults vaccinated would save
up to $100 million in future direct medical costs through preventing
50,000 new Hepatitis B infections, 1,000-3,000 chronic hepatitis B
infections, and 150-450 deaths from cirrhosis and liver cancer
- Worldwide,
more than two billion people (1 out of 3 people) have been infected
with hepatitis B and approximately 350 to 400 million people have
developed chronic infection.
- About
one million people die each year from hepatitis B and its complications
- In
the United States, more than 12 million people (1 out of 20 people)
have been infected with hepatitis B, and approximately 1.25 million
people have developed chronic infection. Each year approximately 100,000
new people become infected with the disease and more than 5,000 Americans
die from hepatitis B-related liver complications, including cirrhosis
and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
- It
is estimated that one U.S. health care worker dies each day from hepatitis
B
- About
5 to 10 percent of hepatitis B-infected adults will develop chronic
infection
- More
than half a million people worldwide die each year from primary liver
cancer, and up to 80 percent of liver cancers are due to hepatitis
B
- Of
hepatitis-B infected adults, about 40 percent will show no signs of
symptoms
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