Racism As a Public Health Crisis for Black Men
The impacts of racism on black men’s health
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Black men in the UK often face unfair, and avoidable differences in health compared to other groups of men.
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Your Health

Information and tips on some of the health conditions that disproportionately affect Black men in the UK.

Prostate Cancer

Black men are twice more likely to get prostate cancer than other men in the UK. It's not clear why this is the case.

HIV

Where ethnicity is known, 16% of men diagnosed with HIV in the UK in 2019 were of Black ethnicity.

Diabetes

Black African people in the UK are up to three times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than White European people

Hypertension

In England, people from Black African and Black Caribbean ethnic groups have a higher risk of hypertension than the general population.

Mental Health

Black people in the UK are more likely than white people to be diagnosed with mental health problems and to be sectioned.

Sexual Health

Per 100,000 population, Black people in the UK are 3 times more likely to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection than the national average.

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