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NATIONAL . 1 ? I " Study: Black Women Face Poorer Outcomes from Hysterectomies V?U YORK ? AP , ? Black women who get hw terectomies tace greater risks of long hospitalizations and dying in the hospital than white women do a siud\ suggests. Black women were nearl> three times as likely to remain hospitalized tor more than 10 days, and three times as likely to die in the hospital, researchers found m analyzing more than 50.000 patients The. reasons for those disparities and others found in the study areruM known, said stud> co-author Krisien Kjerulff. But further studs might illuminate important racial differences in health and medical care of women, she said. She said the data could not re\eal whether differ ences in health care or socioeconomic status played any role, Kierulff is an assistant professor of epidemiology Baltimore. Hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus, and it is one of the nation's most frequent operations. It is most often done to treat noncancerous tumors called fibroids, which can cause pain and heavy menstrual bleeding. Other reasoqs/or hysterectomies include men strual disorders, a condition called uterine prolapse in which the uterus moves down into the vagina, or cancer of the uterus or cervix. The researchers studied hospital discharge records for all hysterectomies performed at nonmilitary hospi tals in Man land from 1986 to 1991. a total of 53.159. Sevent> percent of the patients were white and 26 per cent were black. Researchers found that after they accounted for differences in age. hysterectomy technique, severity of? other medical conditions and factors, black women ran about 40 percent greater risk of complications than white women had. The difference appeared in such complications as infection and unexplained fever. Similar analyses found that black women were 2.7 times as likely to stay in the hospital more than 10 days, and 3.1 times as likely to die in the hospital. The overall hospital death rate was low. 19 per 10.000 hys terectomies. for blacks and whites combined. Black women had the surgery at an average age of 42. about four years younger than white women did. Blacks got hysterectomies at younger ages for each of a wide variety of diagnoses. That suggests the age dispar ity is due to something in the decision-making process that leads to hysterectomy rather than to an earlier appearance of the medical conditions, researchers said. Blacks also had higher hysterectomy rates at ages younger than 50, leading to overall rates of about 50 surgeries per 10,000 black women compared with 41 per 10.000 white women. Fibroids led to 65 percent of hysterectomies in blacks but only 29 percent for whites. Whites were more likejy than blacks to have the surgery for cancer, uterine prolapse or an inflammation of the uterus lining called endometriosis. * * % New Jersey Gov.-Elect Whitman Visits Two Black Churches ? Critics claim she visited to thwart damaging allegations that her campaign paid off black ministers ORANGE. N.J. ( APi ? With Gov. -elect Christie Whitman in the congregation at two black churches, ministers told their flocks how much anguish her campaign man ager created with statements that they received money to suppress the urban vote. "The heart and soul of the African- American community is the African- American church." the Rev. Reginald T. Jackson said Sun day at St. Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church. "This ? l-.ivit wrek h;>s seen much pain and suffering inflicted on the African American clergy and community. "For it to be implied that the African- American clergy can be bought or sold is repugnant and an affront to the African-American community." Jackson said to applause from about 3(K) worship pers. Whitman and her husband. John, sat through the two services, sang hymns and even pitched con tributions in to the churches' plates. Whitman said little to reporters outside the churches except that the couple had come to pray and that she plans to take office in January. She declined additional comment on her fence mending mission to the African American community and its minis ters in particular. Outside St. Matthew. Walter Fields, political action director of the state NAACP chapter, reiterated his organization's stand that Whit man should not take office until a full investigation is completed. Asked what campaign man ager Ed Rollins should do. Whitman said he should "let hts conscience dictate." then got into her car. Rollins told reporters last week that Republicans ran a S500.000 operation to pay ministers not to encourage their congregations to vote in the Nov. 2 election, and paid Democratic vote-getting work ers to stay home. He retracted his statement a day later. Whitman has denied that the operation existed and has pledged to cooperate with any investigations. To support her claim, her campaign and the Republican State Commit tee released their campaign spend ing documents for the final weeks of the election on Saturday, nine days early. Inside St. Matthew and First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, the suggestions for Rollins were more specific*. "1 imagine Brother Rollins thought he could say anything about the church." First Baptist's Pastor DeForest B. Soanes Jr. told about 350 worshippers. "We never have been attacked in a manner like Ed Rollins did this week." Soanes. at a news conference later, said he and leaders of 484 other churches throughout the fctate. .including St. Matthew, planned to file a federal class-action defama tion lawsuit against Rollins. Soanes said the suit will not name Whitman, and is riot related to a planned slander lawsuit against Rollins which was announced last Friday by the Revs. Jesse Jackson and A1 SharptonT > . "It's a distortion of the truth, it's vulgar and it panders to every racial prejudice we've ever seen." Soaries said of Rollins' statements. His criticism did not extend to Whitman, who sat in the second row of his church earlier Sunday. "She was willing to affirm her belief in the integrity of the black church," Soaries said. "She said, 'I think this is an insult to black preachers and black people." ' Jackson said Rollins' initial story about ministers was too ridiculous to believe. "You're not going to have a half-million dollars be spread around and have it be a secret." Jackson said before delivering his ? sermon. He drew laughs from the St. Matthew congregation when he said he did not buy a suit this week because of concern about the appearance of impropriety. Jackson told reporters after ward that an investigation must pro ceed about allegations surrounding the prospect that "street money'/ was distributed to Democratic "get out-the-vote" workers. In addition to the Democrats, the U.S. attorney in Newark, the FBI and the state are conducting investigations. The Rev. said Rollins should give a statement under oath to resolve the matter. Jackson welcomed Whitman and her husband to the church and said the time for partisan fighting has ended. "The election is over," Jack son said. "Christie Todd Whitman deserves the support of every citizen of New Jersey to make the state the best state it can possibly be." After Jackson's remarks, the choir sang "I've Got a Feeling Everything's Going to be Alright" as Whitman joined the congregation in clapping along. During the time when the congregation greeted visi tors, she seemed to return to the campaign trail, pumping hands and smiling broadly. Parishioners echoed the min ister's message of accepting Whit man and saving blame for Rollins. "It's a positive step," said Ernest Griffin. 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