Part 2 - From Epidemic to Extinction: Unnecessary Deaths of Black Men in America
Six years ago I posted a blog titled "From Epidemic to Extinction", which entailed the widespread impact of HIV/AIDS within the African-American community. Sad to say, but it seems as though we are definitely on the verge of extinction as a race of people, especially in lieu of all the racial profiling incidents that's been going on across America, thus leading to to several unnecessary deaths of young African-American males. With that being said, I've been compelled to expound upon my previous blog post listed above. So, without further ado, let me go ahead and elaborate... HIV death rates for Black men from 1990 to 2010 per 100,000 resident population was 414.6. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/2013/031.pdf (Table 31, pg. 1) According to cdc.gov, due to delays in reporting of deaths, data is only available through the end of 2010, which is why I am unable to provide statistical information on HIV death rates for Black men betw