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Article: Black men in D.C. have shorter life expectancy.(study finds black men in Washington, D.C., have life expectancy of only 57.9 years)(Brief Article)
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- December 22, 1997
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Highlighting the stark differences within the United States, a recent study showed the disparity of life expectancy in cities around the country.
Black men in Washington, D.C., had a life expectancy of just 57.9 years, which is second only to male American Indians living in the worst South Dakota counties, who have a life expectancy of 56.5 years.
However, male Asians in affluent counties in New York and Massachusetts live to be 89.5, and Asian women reach mid-90s, according to a study conducted by epidemiologists at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The vast differences in ...