Well, being critical or suspicious of a person solely based on their people, sex or religion is one aspect of racism. If you are critical of people from Canada because they are statistically more prone to have accidents with wildlife and therefore you decline their insurance application you are contributing to systemic racism.
I get where you are coming from, it is a very human thought, but is it a wise one?
This might just be a study of how our perception tends to disregard or "dilute" extreme numbers. Imagine someone had an accurate feel for these percentages. They might trend towards a less extreme value, producing a similar result.