.
In 1987, ItlU.tlea range
from 65.2 years for Black
mal to 72.2 forwblte males.
- Ul! xpectancy .Ia, In
, r.tt, • broad measure of the
health of I society. In the
United State t the poor Ind
miooritie have alwayS and
continue to have I gap from
the broader society. •
-A 1990 report to tbe City
of Dettoit Youth Advisory
Q)mml ion sta in part -
15,1974 at-rt k Detroit youths
received health care services
in a given two week period.
Additionally, of their num- .
ber, 13,245 were Medicaid
be fIcfalI • The report t
10 point out t in Detroit,
a hole, more health care
rvi were proportionately
provided to males than
females until age 13.
- African American male
deaths from violent crimes has
i,DCl'1=a1C:<l.
Unfortwlltely, homicide II
fbi primary of death
aatonl African Amerlcan .
male between age 15-24
yean old. An African­
American', male i twice as
likely to die before age 4S as a
whi1e male; infant mortality is
at third word levels for all
African American babi , and
iDfant mortality among
l'UI1t...a Ameri
t of Afri n rican
femll t and both xes of tbe
bite population.
African Proverb
"It takes an entire village
educate a ctiild"
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