Report: Conn. Latinos face health crisis
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Jeannette DeJesus, who heads the Hispanic Health Council, speaks on a report issued by the council in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006, at a news conference. The report said that although Hispanics make up only 40 percent of the state's minority population, they suffer a disproportionately high number of health problems and that a large number of them have no health insurance. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
AP - Connecticut's Latinos are facing a health crisis, suffering higher rates of major illnesses such as cancer and diabetes while being less likely to have health insurance than other ethnic groups, according to a new report by a Hispanic advocacy group. |
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