Here are three notes:
1. The tool shows that 32 percent of African American Medicare beneficiaries in Rhode Island have diabetes, compared to 24 percent of white beneficiaries.
2. African Americans are twice as likely to be disabled as white recipients in Rhode Island’s Medicare population.
3. Hospitalization and emergency room rates are also higher among African Americans in this group.
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