African-American Health Statistics

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H ealth

Death rates in the U.S. by selected causes, 1960–2002*
	Total					Black
Cause of death	1960	1970	1980	1989	2002	1960	1970	1980	1989	2002
* Deaths classified according to the revision of the International Classification of Diseases in use at that time; rates are per 100,000 for residential, age–adjusted population.
(1) Primarily strokes.
(2) 1960s figures for pneumonia and influenza
(3) Such as emphysema or asthma
— =data not available on a comparable basis with later years.
sources: National Abstract (1984, 1992); U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States, 2004–2005.
Total	760.9	714.3	585.8	523.0	847.3	1,073.3	1,044.0	842.5	783.1	768.4
Diseases of the heart	286.2	253.6	202.0	155.9	241.7	334.5	307.6	255.7	216.4	205.6
Malignant neoplasms (cancer)	125.8	129.9	132.8	133.0	93.2	142.3	156.7	172.1	172.7	165.9
Cerebrovascular diseases¹	79.7	66.3	40.8	28.0	56.4	18.6	140.2	114.5	68.5	49.0
Accidents and adverse effects	49.9	53.7	42.3	33.8	37.0	66.4	74.4	51.2	42.7	33.1
Homicide and legal intervention	—	9.1	10.8	9.4	6.2	—	46.1	40.6	35.7	22.3
Diabetes	13.6	14.1	10.1	11.5	25.4	22.0	26.5	20.3	23.7	33.6
Pneumonia, influenza²	28.0	22.1	12.9	13.7	22.8	56.4	40.4	19.2	19.8	15.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases³	—	—	15.9	19.4	43.3	—	—	12.5	16.6	20.7
Cirrhosis and chronic liver disease	10.5	14.7	12.2	8.9	9.5	11.7	24.8	21.6	13.9	6.9
Suicide	—	11.8	11.4	11.3	11.0	—	6.1	6.4	7.1	5.1

HIV/AIDS deaths in the U.S., 1987–2002*
Year	Black male	Black female	White male	White female	Total all races
* Per 100,000 population.
sources: Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook (2001) and Statistical Abstract, 2004–2005.
1987	26.2	4.6	8.7	0.6	11.5
1990	46.3	10.1	15.7	1.1	18.5
1993	74.5	17.6	20.0	1.9	29.3
1995	89.0	24.4	20.4	2.5	27.3
1997	40.9	13.7	5.9	1.0	9.6
1998	33.2	12.0	4.5	0.8	7.6
1999	36.1	13.1	4.9	1.0	8.2
2000	35.1	13.2	4.6	1.0	7.9
2002	7.4	2.5	3.0	1.6	3.9

Birthrate, 1917–2002*
Year	Total	Black⁺
* Total live births per 1,000 population for specified group.
⁺ Figures through 1960 are for total nonwhite births.
sources: Historical Statistics of the United States; Statistical Abstract, 1992 ; U.S. National Center for Health Statistics data, 2005.
1917	28.5	32.9
1920	27.7	35.0
1930	21.3	27.5
1940	19.4	26.7
1950	24.1	33.3
1960	23.7	32.1
1970	18.4	25.3
1980	15.9	22.1
1990	16.7	22.4
2000	14.4	17.0
2001	14.1	16.3
2002	13.9	15.7

Top ten countries in Central & South America and the Caribbean with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases, by percent of population, 2003
Number	Country	Total population	% Infected
1.	Haiti	7.6 million	5.6
2.	Trinidad & Tobago	1.1 million	3.2
3.	Bahamas	300,000	3.0
4.	Guyana	749,000	2.5
5.	Belize	273,000	2.4
6.	Honduras	6.9 million	1.8
7.	Dominican Republic	8.7 million	1.7
	Suriname	440,000	1.7
8.	Barbados	280,000	1.5
9.	Jamaica	2.7 million	1.2

Life expectancy at birth, 1900–2000
Year	Total*	*Black and other nonwhite⁺**
* In years
⁺ Figures through 1960 are for all nonwhites.
sources: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 1, p. 55; Statistical Abstract, 1992; Statistical Abstract, 2004.
1900	47.3	33.0
1910	50.0	35.6
1920	54.1	45.3
1930	59.7	48.1
1940	62.9	53.1
1950	68.2	60.8
1960	69.7	63.6
1970	70.8	64.1
1980	73.7	68.1
1990	75.4	70.3
2000	77.0	71.7