Black Americans are closing the life expectancy gap with whites, CDC says

Monday, November 9, 2015 - 04:28 in Psychology & Sociology

The life expectancy of black Americans is catching up to that of whites, thanks to declining mortality rates for some familiar causes of death, new government data show. The gap between African Americans and white Americans fell to 3.6 years in 2013, according to a report from the Centers for Disease...

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