The US Should Be Embarrassed Of This Statistic About Black Men

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http://www.businessinsider.com/huge-black-white-gap-in-life-expectancy-in-us-2014-8



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At 3.1 million people, New York State has the largest population of black Americans. And, at the same time, New York has seen an incredible drop in the life expectancy gap over the last 20 years. In 1990, the life expectancy of a black male in New York was 63.9 years. It shot up to 75.4 years by 2009.

Other states that helped reduce the black-white life expectancy gap included Florida, Illinois, and New Jersey, according to the study.

That's the good. Now for the bad: Washington, DC was dead last. In the nation's capitol, life expectancy for black Americans over the past 20 years has remained "dramatically more unequal than every other state." In 1990, the gap was 14.4 years for males and 10.4 years for females and has not seen any significant change since then.

Other states that kept the black-white gap from falling included: Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Life expectancy at birth by race and sex, United States

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/huge-black-white-gap-in-life-expectancy-in-us-2014-8#ixzz3B7NzOtTr

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1. All but the last one

"Higher death rates due to heart disease, cancer, homicide, diabetes, and perinatal conditions"

All but the last one have strong personal lifestyle components.