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6 cze 2023 · Eighty-two million years—that’s how much lifetime the U.S.’s Black population lost because of premature deaths between 1999 and 2020, a new study shows.
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 females relative to their White counterparts—accounting for a total of 1.63 million excess deaths.
30 wrz 2024 · Understanding the disparities in all-cause mortality rates between racial and ethnic groups is crucial for addressing public health inequities in the US. Since 1999, the mortality gap between non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, Black) and non-Hispanic White (hereafter, White) populations has undergone significant fluctuations, including periods of ...
18 sty 2024 · An estimated 47.9 million people in the U.S. identified as Black in 2022. The Black population has grown by more than 10 million since 2000, when 36.2 million of the U.S. population identified as Black, marking a 32% increase over roughly two decades.
13 maj 2024 · In 2022, around 10,470 Black people were murdered in the United States, compared to 7,704 white people. A majority of these homicides are committed with firearms, which are easily accessible...
2 sie 2023 · Mortality rates among American Indian or Alaska Native and Black populations are persistently higher than among all other racial–ethnic groups for most causes of death. There are also substantial variations in mortality rates across geographical locations for all causes of death, both overall and within each racial–ethnic group.
Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. In the past 2 decades, that's led to 1.6 million excess deaths.
