[DallasDeb]

Blacks have a GENETIC disposition to heart/circulatory problems, having nothing to do with lifestyle. However, lifestyle can make it worse.

[GOPJ]

Table 1 Health Status Measures in Racial/Ethnic Groups in the US,
1998
Age-Adjusted Death Rates*
Cause of Death White Black Hispanic Asian
All Causes 450.4 690.9 432.8 264.6
Heart disease 121.9 183.3 84.2 67.4
Coronary heart disease 79.2 92.5 54.7 42.9
Stroke 23.3 41.4 19.0 22.7
Cancer 121.0 161.2 76.1 74.8
COPD 21.9 17.7 8.5 7.4
Pneumonia/Influenza 12.7 17.4 9.8 10.3

Infant Mortality (/1000) 6.0 13.6 5.8 5.5
Life Expectance 77.3 71.3 (>80?)+ (>80)+

http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/32/1/23.pdf

Do you have a link that supports these as being Genetic rather than environmental choice?