THE ENDANGERED BLACK MALE
Death rates by race
|
|
White
|
Black
|
|
Cause
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
Heart Disease
|
231.9
|
149.5
|
245.8
|
137.0
|
|
Cancer
|
228.8
|
166.8
|
256.0
|
141.5
|
|
Diabetes
|
22.0
|
14.8
|
38.2
|
27.1
|
|
Kidney Disease
|
20.5
|
13.1
|
48.1
|
26.6
|
|
HIV
|
3.7
|
1.4
|
21.5
|
7.5
|
|
Homicide
|
2.6
|
0.9
|
25.5
|
1.9
|
Figures are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population, per 100,000
Source: Massachusetts Deaths 2004, Center for Health Information, Statistics, Research and Evaluation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, July 2006
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