Premature Deaths of Young Black Males in the United States

Abstract. In the United States, generations of young Black males, ages 15 to 24 years, are prematurely dying from homicide and suicide. Between ...

Premature deaths of young Black males in the United States.

In the United States, generations of young Black males, ages 15 to 24 years, are prematurely dying from homicide and suicide. Between 1950 and 2010, ...

Studies show ongoing toll of premature Black deaths - STAT News

The excess mortality rate among the Black males declined from 404 to 211 deaths per 100,000 people between 1999-2011, plateaued between 2011- ...

External factors, including homicide, drive death rate disparity in US ...

Homicide was the main cause of death for young black men and reduced the overall life expectancy for all black males by more than half a year.

Examining the Frequency and Timing of Homicide Deaths ...

Across this sample of young Black men (n = 40), participants experienced a collective total of 267 deaths of peers, biological family members, and other ...

Opinion: The Silent Epidemic of Premature Death in Black Men

Rather, they are part of a pattern of premature deaths among Black men in the U.S., where even before the pandemic the average life expectancy ...

The Black Mortality Gap, and a Century-Old Document

But, due to racial disparities in mortality, Black Americans die younger at almost every age. Here are actual deaths in 2019: over 72,000 more ...

Mortality from Homicide among Young Black Men: A New American ...

Nonetheless, from the perspective of the health of the general public, the circumstances in which a young black man is both the victim and the perpetrator cause ...

Young Black men are dying by suicide at alarming rates - UGA Today

Childhood adversity and racism may hold much of the blame. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for African Americans between the ages ...

Topics in Minority Health Homicide Among Young Black Males - CDC

In 1987, homicide was the 12th leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of premature mortality (i.e., years of potential life lost ...

Mortality from Homicide among Young Black Men

population has contributed to the reduction of the premature ... Influence of homicide on racial disparity in life expectancy–. United States, 1998.

Exceptional mortality risk among police-identified young black male ...

Mortality rates standardized to the 15–35-year-old 2010 U.S. male population were estimated for all-cause (1477.4, 99% CI = 1451.5–1503.3), homicide (950.1, 99% ...

Research Reveals Staggering Rate of Premature Black Deaths in US

A higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths over two decades.

Death Rates among Black People in the U.S. Are Rising after Falling

Eighty-two million years—that's how much lifetime the U.S.'s Black population lost because of premature deaths between 1999 and 2020, ...

Homicide among young black males--United States, 1978-1987

Homicide affects all age, race, and sex groups and is the leading cause of death for young black males (15-24 years of age).

Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost in the US Black Population

Among those younger than 1 year, excessive deaths per 100 000 individuals among Black males were 776 and among Black females, 654. Such rates ...

Premature Deaths of Young Black Males in the United States

heightened public health approaches are needed to bring attention to a young racial-gender group that is dying five to six decades prior to ...

One Big Thing: The Leading Cause of Death in Young Black Males

The CDC reports that the firearm homicide rate among Black males 10–24 was 20.6 times as high as the rate among White males of the same age in 2019, and this ...

Black/White Comparisons of Premature Mortality for Public Health ...

Compared with white males in the District, black males had higher mortality rates for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) (rate ratio (RR)=4.7), suicide and ...

What is Driving Widening Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy? - KFF

... death in 2021, reflecting high rates of homicide among young Black men. ... Premature Mortality During COVID-19 in the U.S. and Peer Countries ...