From the Dayton Daily News:

Book explores shorter life expectancy of blacks in America
By Kevin Lamb
Staff Writer
Thursday, October 26, 2006

If blacks and whites had equal death rates, 90,000 fewer American blacks would die each year, the University of Dayton's Vernellia Randall writes in her new book, Dying While Black. [...]

Solving the disparity will require changing institutions, she said. Her recommendations include increasing the number of health care facilities in minority neighborhoods, removing dump sites and offering incentives to change unhealthy behaviors.

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health/2006/10/25/ddn102606lifeblackhealth.html

Read an excerpt of Professor Randall's book

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