Mixed Marriage is at an All-Time High in the U.S.

More and more Americans are marrying people of different races or ethnic backgrounds. So says a new study by the Pew Research Center. At least 1 in 6 people who got married in 2015 entered into a mixed marriage. That was an all-time U.S. high.

The Pew study used the most recent U.S. Census data. The data comes from the year 2015. That year, 1 in every 10 of all marriages was a mixed marriage. That included new marriages and existing marriages.

The Supreme Court decided that mixed marriages were lawful nationwide only 50 years ago. The decision came in 1967. That year, only 3 percent of newly weds married outside their own race. By 2015, the rate had gone up to 17 percent.

The study found that Asians were most likely to marry outside their race. In 2015, 29 percent of newlywed Asians entered into mixed marriages. Hispanics ranked second at 27 percent.

The rate of mixed marriages among blacks was 18 percent. Whites were least likely to marry outside their race. They did so at a rate of 11 percent.

The likelihood of marrying someone of a different race also depended on gender.

Asian and Hispanic women were most likely to marry someone of another race. Thirty-six percent of Asian women and 28 percent of Hispanic women did so in 2015.

8. Black women wed outside their race at half the rate of black men---only 12 percent. White men entered mixed marriages at the same rate as black women. White women were the least likely to do so, at a rate of 10 percent.

Mixed marriage became lawful nationwide thanks to the case of Richard and Mildred Loving. They were thrown in jail in 1958 because of Virginia’s ban on mixed-race marriage. Richard was white. Mildred was black.

In 1967, the Supreme Court outlawed mixed-marriage bans in 16 Southern states. Come of those states didn’t officially remove their laws against mixed marriage for years. Alabama was the last to do so in the year 2000.

The Pew study showed mixed marriage is growing more common among both blacks and whites. Since 1980, the rate among blacks has climbed from 5 to 18 percent. Among whites, it has climbed from 4 percent to 11 percent.

News for You, June 28, 2017

Americans Need to Know What Sepsis Is; Doctors Need to Treat it Fast

Many Americans don’t know what sepsis is, but they need to know. New research shows that minutes matter in treating the killer health condition.

Sepsis is the body’s out-of-control reaction to an infection. Infections happen when germs that cause sickness enter the body.

The body tries to kill the germs. Sepsis happens when the body reacts too strongly. It causes harm and can even cause organs to stop working.

People need to know what sepsis is so that they get to a doctor fast. Doctors then need to treat sepsis as fast as they can. They need to give patients antibiotics. Those are drugs that kill germs.

According to new research, every hour that passes without treatment raises the odds of death by 4 percent.

In 2013, New York became the first state to require hospitals to take certain actions to fight sepsis. New York hospitals must follow checklists to make sure the actions are taken within three hours. These actions include a blood test to check for infection, another test to check for sepsis, and treatment with drugs.

For two years, health experts studied the results of New York’s rules. They checked the records of nearly 50,000 patients. They found that the faster treatment started, the better the results.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started an effort last year to teach people about sepsis.

A person must first have an infection to get sepsis. But the infection can start in even a small scrape or cut. Someone with sepsis might have a fever, feel cold, start to sweat, feel confused, or have a fast heart rate. The person might feel short of breath or just feel a lot of pain.

The signs might not be easy to catch at first. Patients and family members should always ask doctors, “Could this be sepsis?” said Doctor Lauren Epstein of the CDC.

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