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Heart Disease and African Americans | Office of Minority Health

Age-adjusted heart disease death rates per 100,000 (2019) ; Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic White ; Men, 267.5, 210.7 ; Women, 165.0, 129.6 ; Total ...

Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black ...

In this study of US mortality data from 1999 through 2020, an estimated 997 623 excess deaths occurred among Black males and 628 464 excess deaths among Black ...

Even as COVID raged, spikes in homicide were a significant drag on ...

Black men fared worst among homicide victims, rising from 43.8 deaths per 100,000 men in 2019 to 61 per 100,000 in 2020. Over the same period, ...

Contributors to Early Mortality in African Americans, the Jackson ...

In our large cohort of African American men and women, clinical predictors of premature death included poor cardiovascular health and cancer, ...

History of Lynching in America - NAACP

White Americans used lynching to terrorize and control Black people in the 19th and early 20th centuries. NAACP led a courageous battle against lynching.

“Outside the Skin”: The Persistence of Black–White Disparities in ...

Despite overall declines in early-life mortality, Black–White disparities remain unchanged across several causes—especially homicide ...

Young Black Men Are Dying At Unproportional Rates: A Discussion

From 15-24 years old, Black men experience a peak of premature deaths due to homicide and suicide.

Study: Murder Top Cause Of Death For Young Black Men - CBS News

The article, which does not attempt to explain the ethnic disparities, reports young blacks reduced life expectancy of more than 6 years would ...

Black communities endured wave of excess deaths in past 2 ...

America's Black communities experienced an excess 1.6 million deaths compared with the White population during the past two decades.

Rising child mortality in the US has the most impact on Black and ...

Between 2014 and 2020, mortality rates increased by 36.7% in Black youth and 22.3% in Native American youth while increasing 4.7% in white youth ...

Study Shows Young Black Men Are Dying By Suicide At Alarming ...

A study from the University of Georgia reveals that one in three rural Black men reported experiencing suicidal thoughts or thoughts of death in the past two ...

Health Disparities Among African-Americans - Pfizer

One possible contributing factor: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says African Americans are more likely to die at early ages for all ...

New Report Highlights U.S. 2020 Gun-Related Deaths

Young Black males represent two percent of the total U.S. population but accounted for approximately 38 percent of all gun homicide deaths in ...

Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2019-2021

cancer death rates have converged for young blacks and whites ... Trends in prostate cancer mortality among black men and white men in the United States.

Rising child mortality in the U.S. has the most impact on Black and ...

Between 2016 and 2020, nearly 13 in every 100,000 Black youth died by homicide, which is more than 10 times higher than the rate among white ...

Injury deaths in NYC adults: how homicide and suicide contribute

From 2017 to 2019, Black New Yorkers between the ages of 15 to 24 died by homicide at a higher rate than people of other racial and ethnic ...

Death Rates Rising Among Middle-Aged and Younger Americans

WASHINGTON — Young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010, according to a new ...

Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6M excess ...

Black Americans early deaths are fueled by higher rates of heart ... Because so many Black people die young — with many years of life ...

Americans, No Matter the State They Live In, Die Younger Than ...

Despite spending more on health care than any other nation, the United States has a lower average life expectancy and higher avoidable mortality ...

Homicide Among Young Black Males - jstor

leading cause of premature mortality (i.e., years of potential life lost before age 65). ... In 1987, of the 23 states with a population of young black males ...