African Americans have a higher incidence of certain blood cancers and blood disorders compared to other ethnic groups. For example, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or sickle cell anemia, and beta-thalassemia, the latter which are genetic blood disorders that are more common in people of African descent. These disorders affect the production of hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body.
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