Blacks, Hispanics and swine flu

Blacks and Hispanics in Illinois have died from swine flu at double the rate it has killed whites in the state, and swine flu has hospitalized the two minority populations at more than triple the rate for whites. The hospitalization rate for H1N1 flu among blacks and Hispanics in Illinois is 23 per 100,000, but only 7 per 100,000 for whites. The death rate from H1N1 flu for the two minority populations in the state has been 6 to 7 per million but 3 per million for whites.