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Black people in the US had a higher risk of death in 2020 compared to their White counterparts, study finds

Headline from KTVZ Bend, on the newest of 2 developments

By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — Excess deaths among Black people jumped in 2020, reversing years of progress in reducing the gap in mortality compared with White people, a new study found. Over two decades, the Black population in the U.S. suffered 1.

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  1. Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years

    Headline from Anchorage Daily News ·

  2. Newest

    Black people in the US had a higher risk of death in 2020 compared to their White counterparts, study finds

    Headline from KTVZ Bend ·

Reports & sources

16 articles, oldest first.

  1. UPI

    Study highlights racial disparity in health, life expectancy (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Over the past two decades, premature deaths have cost Black Americans over 80 million more lost years of life, compared with White Americans, a new study finds.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Study reveals toll of being Black in U.S.: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades, a study finds.

  3. NBC News

    Study reveals staggering toll of being Black in America: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Although the nation had made progress in closing the gap between white and Black mortality rates, that advance stalled. Then Covid hit.

  4. MedicalXpress

    Cost of being Black in America: 1.6 million extra deaths over two decades (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    Over the past two decades, premature deaths have cost Black Americans over 80 million more lost years of life, compared with white Americans, a new study finds.

  5. CBS News

    Black Americans experienced 1.6 million excess deaths compared to White population over 22-year period, study finds (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Despite efforts to reduce health disparities, a new study is calling attention to drastic differences in mortality rates among Black Americans compared to the White population.

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Study Reveals Staggering Toll of Being Black in America: 1.6M Excess Deaths Over 22 Years (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    The profound and painful loss — 80 million years of life, compared with the white population — is a call to action to improve the health of Black Americans, especially

  7. KTVZ Bend

    Black people in the US had a higher risk of death in 2020 compared to their White counterparts, study finds (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Meron Moges-Gerbi (CNN) — Excess deaths among Black people jumped in 2020, reversing years of progress in reducing the gap in mortality compared with White people, a new study found. Over two decades, the Black population in the U.S. suffered 1.

  8. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    1999 to 2020 Saw >1.63 Million Excess Deaths in Blacks Versus Whites (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Black population in the United States experienced more than 1.63 million excess deaths compared with the White population from 1999 to 2020,

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