Black Americans Experience 1.6 Million Excess Deaths & 80 million Years Between 1999 - 2020

 

 

 

Here is a visual representation of the excess mortality rate of both black men and black women by Kemetic Minds. 

 

 

The following is a bar chart that highlights the mean (average) age-adjusted mortality rates from 1999 to 2020 for White males and females compared to Black males and females. It clearly shows the higher rates among the Black population for both males and females, illustrating the disparities in mortality rates between these groups over these 22 years (Caraballo, 2023).

 

Where are the protests in the street? Why did this story only get so many views on a very popular YouTube channel with just 19,000 views?

 

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Caraballo, C., Massey, D. S., Ndumele, C. D., Haywood, T., Kaleem, S., King, T., Liu, Y., Lu, Y., Nunez-Smith, M., Taylor, H. A., Watson, K. E., Herrin, J., Yancy, C. W., Faust, J. S., & Krumholz, H. M. (2023). Excess Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost Among the Black Population in the US, 1999-2020. JAMA, 329(19), 1662–1670. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2023.7022​``

Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey. (2023, May 18). Black Americans Suffered 1.63 MILLION Excess Deaths In 2 Decades [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yJfVq_Lpnw