Life expectancy gap narrows between blacks, whites
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
White men and women in the U.S. still outlive their black counterparts by several years, though the difference is closing, a new analysis shows. The gap in life expectancy between black and white Americans is smaller than it has ever been, thanks largely to a decline in the number of deaths resulting from heart disease and HIV infection, a new analysis has found.