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Lactose intolerance is normal among Native Americans
Pacific Islanders

Native Hawaiians have the uppermost mortality rates of any U.S. racial or ethnic set for cancers of the breast, lung, ovary, and stomach as well as leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The mortality rates for heart disease, cancer, and stroke among Hawaiians are upper than that of the whole U.S. population

Risk factors linked with heart disease, cancer, and strokes are high among Pacific Islanders and hold hypertension, obesity, smoking, alcohol consumption, and diabetes