> Non white patients are inherently fewer than white patients
Look at global population statistics. While there are no official global figures for ethnicity, we can make some simple inferences based on continental distribution [1]:
North America + Europe combined (17.19%) is barely as much as Africa (17.2%), and this is ignoring the fact that a good part of the North American population is non-white. There is nothing "inherent" about there being less non-white patients. The issue is inbalanced access to health care and screening programmes, but that is not inherent.
This is without even mentioning that Asia accounts for almost 60% of the global population.
I think I am agreeing with you, based on your comment on imbalanced access to healthcare and screening programs. I’m saying the same thing in that data collection for ct scans is really only happening in countries that are predominantly white, not that it isn’t possible for other countries to implement programs and collect that data for training purposes.
Edit: unless of course you have found large databases that suggest my intuition is wrong?
Look at global population statistics. While there are no official global figures for ethnicity, we can make some simple inferences based on continental distribution [1]:
North America + Europe combined (17.19%) is barely as much as Africa (17.2%), and this is ignoring the fact that a good part of the North American population is non-white. There is nothing "inherent" about there being less non-white patients. The issue is inbalanced access to health care and screening programmes, but that is not inherent.
This is without even mentioning that Asia accounts for almost 60% of the global population.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_world#2020...