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Staff Writer
Non-white residents in Orange
County are more likely to die of heart
disease, cancer, car accidents and
homicide than white residents, accord
ing to a new report released by the
Orange County Health Department in
March.
The "Community Diagnosis" report,
prepared every two years for the state,
was given to the Orange County Board
of Health last month and includes sta
tistics for 1984 to 1988.
"There is a gap between those who
have and those who don't," Health
Director Dan Reimer said, adding that
white Orange County residents have
the fifth highest per-capita income in
the state.
"We have this illusion that every
body that needs to go to Memorial
(North Carolina Memorial Hospital)
can go there," he said.
According to the report, the total
population of Orange County was about
85,000 in 1 986 8 1 percent white and
1 9 percent non-white. Statewide, North
Carolina's approximately 7 million
people include 76 percent whites and
24 percent non-whites.
That shows the gap between the
number of whites and non-whites in the
county is greater than the statewide
gap, health board chairman Ruth Roys
ter said.
In Orange County, the death rate
the number of people who die per
100,000 people for non-whites was
higher than that for whites in most
categories measured, including the
following:
B Heart disease: The death rate for
white males was 184.2 compared to
232.6 for non-white males; 87 for white
females compared to 145.3 for non
white females;
Cancer: The death rate was 156.1
for white males compared to 207.4 for
non-white males; 91.3 for white fe
males compared to 1 1 9.5 for non-white
females;
D Car accidents: The death rate was
19.7 for white males compared to 63.0
for non-white males; 4.3 for white
females compared to 9.8 for non-white
females;
B Homicide: The death rate was 9.8
for white males compared to 22.7 for
non-white males; 2.6 for white females
compared to 5.8 for non-white females.
The only categories in which whites
had a higher death rate were pneumo
nia and influenza, chronic lung disease
and suicide.
The report did show that Orange
County's death rate was lower overall
than the state average. But at the same
time, the death rate for non-white people
was higher than the state average in
certain categories.
Royster said poverty and a lack of
education were perhaps the greatest
reasons for a higher death rate among
non-whites than whites.
She said car accidents were an excel
lent example. The rate for non-white
men in Orange County was 39 percent
higher than the state's average and twice
that of white men, white women and
non-white women in Orange County.
"It has something to do with educa
tion," Royster said. "I feel certain ev
eryone is not using seat belts as they
ought to. I think there has been an
increase in alcohol ism, and when people
drive impaired, this of course is going
to increase the number of accidents."
Although the strength in the dispar
ity of the races shown by the report was
surprising, some statistics were not,
she said. Figures on teenage pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases have
been kept from year to year, and figures
in both these areas have increased.
"The sexual climate is much freer
now," she said. "One would think with
the onslaught of the AIDS epidemic
there would be a lot of caution taken
sexually, but this does not seem to be
the case."
James Porto, clinical assistant pro
fessor in the health policy and admini
stration department, said the report
should be used as an assessment to
orient and prioritize the county dollars.
"It is an indicator of the kind of priori
ties the county ought to address. The
state has identified a problem, and I feel
the county commissioners are con
cerned with it."
But minimizing and alleviating these s
problems may create budgetary chaos
Reimer said. "I don't think the county,
can handle it with existing resource
The revenues say it would be difficult.;".'
Porto said the county needed adchV
tional resources to use for sexually '
transmitted diseases. "There are mauy;'
dates that say services need to be avaiir
able seven days a week. If we only haV;
staff for five days a week, we may nefcxK
additional personnel to help in heaMK
and education." 't.!?!
The health department has requested .
funding for additional nurses in its new
budget, which will go to the county
commissioners. "I know that we do
have a sizable percentage increase,
which really is needed to meet these .
needs," Royster said. : -
Transportation and proximity have "
been identified as problems in admihi-.
stering health care, Reimer said, be
cause many people who want to seek,'
help are unable to get it. In order to meet '
the needs of the county properly, some-,
thing has to give, he said. "This is likt'
an invisible problem. We need to raise
consciousness that it is a problem.'', ' "J
He said he hoped Orange County
residents would support tax increases,
if necessary, in order to meet the needs
of the county. "This is not a problem of
the political body; this is the problem of
the body politic." . ;
Courageous AIDS patient Ryan White, 18, dies:
From Associated Press reports
INDIANAPOLIS Ryan White,
who won a long court battle to attend
public school and overcame prejudice
against himself and other AIDS vic
tims, lost his five-and-one-half-year
struggle with the deadly disease on
Sunday. He was 1 8.
White died shortly after 7 a.m. at
Riley Hospital for Children, where he
had been hospitalized since March 29
with an AIDS-related respiratory in
fection. He had been heavily sedated
and on a ventilator.
White's mother, Jeanne, and sister,
Andrea, 16, had kept a bedside vigil,
joined at times by celebrities such as
singer Elton John and the Rev. Jesse
Jackson.
Dr. Martin B. Kleiman, White's
physician throughout his illness, said
death followed a slow deterioration that
had begun Saturday.
"At the end, his family and a few of
the others who loved him were close at
his side," Kleiman said. "He never
regained consciousness, and I am con
fident that he suffered no pain at the
end." Carrie Van Dyke, a spokeswoman
for Mrs. White, said the family needed
"time to be alone, to recover, to grieve."
Elton John, who stayed at the hospital
with the Whites nearly a week, dedi
cated the song "Candle in the Wind" to
White during the Farm Aid IV concert
Saturday night at the Hoosier Dome,
about a mile from the hospital.
'This one's for Ryan," John said to
the cheers of 45,000 fans at the concert
to raise funds for financially troubled
farmers.
President Bush, who last week
planted a tree in White's honor in
downtown Indianapolis, said he and his
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wife, Barbara, were "deeply saddened"
by White's death.
"All Americans are impressed by his
courage, strength and his ability to
continue fighting," Bush said in a state
ment. "Ryan's death reaffirms that we
as a people must pledge to continue the
fight, his fight, against this dreaded
disease." White was 13 when he was
diagnosed with AIDS in December
1984. He had contracted acquired
immune deficiency syndrome through
a blood-clotting agent used to treat his
hemophilia. It is estimated that more
than half of the nation's 20,000 hemo-'
philiacs were infected with the AIDS
virus before better blood donation
screening procedures were adopted, and
1 ,200 have developed AIDS.
In 1985, White was barred from
Western Middle School near Kokomb
after school officials and parents re
jected health authorities' reassurances
that AIDS cannot be spread through,
casual contact. . ' '
After months of school board battles
and court hearings, White won the right
to attend school. However, pressures
on his family later drove the Whites t6
the town of Cicero, and he enrolled' at
Hamilton Heights High School in
nearby Arcadia.
MONDAY
11 a.m.: CUAB Performing Arts Committee
announces a Sculpture Class: Installation in the Pit
until 2 p.m.
The Peer Advising Program reminds freshmen
that we are available to help you with pre-registration
and course selection until 2 p.m. in Suite B, Room 216
of the Union.
12:15 p.m.: CUAB Performing Arts Commit
tee presents "Les flutes du Jour" in the Union Gallery
until 12:45 p.m.
UNC Cognitive Science Program presents "Is
There a Language Module? If So, What Does it do for
a Living?" with Jerry Fodor of Rutgers, in 01 1 Sitter
son until 1:45 p.m. Call 962-5038 for more info.
3:30 p.m.: UNC Statistics presents Jagers from
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Career Planning and Placement Services will
hold a Summer Job Workshop in 306 Hanes. 11
4 p.m.: The Lab Theater presents Christopher
Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus," in 06 Graham Memorial
until 6 p.m. Another showing at 8 p.m. Admission is
free and tickets are available 45 minutes before each
performance.
6 p.m.: The Presbyterian Campus Ministry
will have a graduate dinner at 1 10 Henderson St .
7 p.m.: The Office of Leadership Development
will hold a seminar on decision making with groups in
215 Peabody until 8:30 p.m. Open to all members of
a recognized student organization.
CUAB Performing Arts Committee presents
Brandon Wiles: Junior Degree Recital in Pearson
Recital Hall. , .(
7:30 p.m.: Student Government offers free tu
toring for Math, Econ., French, Spanish, Italian and
Stat, until 9:30 p.m. on 3rd floor B ingham. Get help in
time for examsl ,
SEAC National Network Committee will meet
in the Campus Y Lounge. We are on the verge of an
extraordinary national student movement. Come be a
part of history. No experience necessary. ,
The Carolina Indian Circle will meet at the
Campus Y. All members should be present! ' ' ' '
Cobb-Henderson-Joy ner Residence Halls pres
ent "What do Chocolate, Bananas and Dean Boulton
Have in Common?" an informal talk and social with
Dean Boulton and chocolate fondue in Alexander
dorm T.V. lounge. All are welcome, ; . .
8 p.m.: The Carolina Women's Self Defense
Club will hold a self defense clinic at Granville
Towers West until 8:40 p.m. All are welcome .to
come.
The Cellar Door will have poetry and prose
readings featuring William Harmon and Paul Lyons
in the Cabaret.
9:30 p.m.: CUAB Performing Arts Committee
present Jerry Smith: Saxophone Jazz with piano ac
companiment, in the Cabaret ,
ITEMS OF INTEREST ' .
The Hunger Elimination Project will be, cpl
lecting cans, second-hand clothing and cleaning up
local areas for 3 hours. Sponsors and volunteers are
needed aand all money will be donated to the food
pantry of Orange County. Come by the Campus y for
info.
Seniors and grad students still seeking jobs may
call University Career Planning and Placement
Service's Job Hot Line to hearup-to-date job listings
if registered with UCPPS. 962-CPPS on a touch-tone
phone. Students may also complete a "connection"
data sheet available in 21 1 Hanes to enter a nation
wide database of job applicants.
Bear, Stearns and Co. is recruiting financial ana
lysts to start in August. Any major may apply. Strong
applicants will have an outstanding academic record
and quantitative skills or aptitude. See UCPPS. Two
Year Analyst Notebook in 208 Hanes for more de&ils.
The Writing Center will offer workshops, this
semester on Taking Essay Exams on April 1 6 and 1 9,
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in 317 Greenlaw. ',
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