Citation

Kaba AJ. J. Black Stud. 2009; 39(3): 337-347.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0021934706293018

PMID

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Abstract

Just as Black Americans have the lowest life expectancy and highest death rates among the many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, so also are Black Africans in Africa the racial group with the lowest life expectancy and highest death rates among all the nations of the world. This article presents a statistical world overview of the life expectancy and death rates of people of Black African descent.