WASHINGTON - A black man living in a high-crime city can expect to live 21 fewer years than
a woman of Asian descent in the United States. The man's life expectancy is closer to that
of people living in West Africa than it is to the average white American.
The new study also found that African-Americans who live outside inner cities and the rural
South have a life expectancy five years shorter than the vast majority of urban and suburban
whites.
The differences in U.S. life expectancy among the eight demographic groups identified in the
study are as wide as the difference between Iceland and Uzbekistan. The report, based on
2001 data, reveals a United States that is pocked by places where millions of adults face a
risk of premature death like that in parts of the developing world.
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