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This revelation comes more than 15 years after the disease gained attention because of the untimely death of actor-comedian Bernie Mac, who battled sarcoidosis for 25 years before dying in 2008 at the age of 50. Among the key findings, the incidence and prevalence rates of sarcoidosis were notably higher in African Americans compared to other ethnic groups. African Americans exhibited an incidence rate of 17.8 and a prevalence rate of 141.4 per 100,000, while white individuals had rates of 8.1 and 49.8, Hispanics at 4.3 and 21.7, and Asians at 3.2 and 18.9, respectively.
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