...Homicide and interpersonal violence are significant problems in the Black community. Indeed, homicide is the leading cause of death for Black men between the ages of 15 and 44 and for Black women age 15 to 24. The lifetime CD £ risk for homicide is 1 in 21 for Black...

...at 23.4 billion dollars a year. Moreover, suicide is the fifth leading cause of death among people between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four, and the third leading cause of death among children. 3 The term "schizophrenia" describes a puzzling situation, with multiple causes...

...of black New Yorkers between the ages of five and nineteen are victims of homicide, and nationally the leading cause of death for black men between the ages of sixteen and thirty-four is murder. Not smallpox. Not tuberculosis. Not influenza. Not one of the ancient...

...homicide among young men between the ages of fifteen and nineteen increased by 97 percent; homicide now is the leading cause of death for black men between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four.5 The 2. "Youths Set Homeless Man Afire in Subway," New York Times, 5 October...

...purchased in just one recent year. The easy availability of guns is the central reason that firearms are the leading cause of death for black men between the ages of 15 and 24. If the next six years follow the same pattern, more black men will be murdered by other...

...African American. HIV rates for African Americans increased 19% between 1990 and 1992 and AIDS has become the leading cause of death for black men between the ages of 25 and 44, according to the most recent reports from the Centers for Disease Control (US Bureau of...