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Native Americans face limit to healthcare access - 09 Nov 09
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Nov 12 09
Witnessed: 1024 veces
Regions: United States
Issues: Health
Tags: access to healthcare, Health and Human Rights
The native American community statistically suffers more medical problems that the rest of the US. Their infant mortality rate is 40 per cent higher, and they're twice as likely to die from diabetes.
Tom Ackerman traveled to one town in the state of South Dakota to see just how acute the problem is.
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