162162 Chapter 5 | Civil Rightsmore likely than whites to be victimized by crime. African Americans are nearly seven
times as likely to be murdered as whites.^34
On every measure of health—life expectancy, infectious diseases, infant mortality,
cancer rates, heart disease, and strokes—the gaps between whites and blacks are large
and, in some cases, increasing. For example, life expectancy for blacks is three and a half
years shorter than for whites (75.5 years for blacks compared with 79 years for whites),
the infant mortality rate is more than double for blacks (11.1 deaths per 1,000 live births
compared with 4.95 deaths per 1,000 live births for whites and 4.99 for Latinas), and
maternal mortality is more than triple (43.5 deaths per 100,000 births for black womenFIGURE
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18.0 or higher 16.0 to 17.9 13.0 to 15.9 11.0 to 12.9 Less than 11.0Percentage of population in poverty (U.S. average = 12.7)IL
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Poverty and
Race, 2016Carefully examine these maps. What
is the relationship between poverty
and the minority population? How
do you think these patterns might
affect the politics of civil rights policies
aimed at reducing discrimination in the
workplace or housing?
Sources: Poverty data from U.S. Census
Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey,
http://www.census.gov/acs; race data from U.S.
Census Bureau, Quickfacts, http://www.census.
gov/quickfacts/fact/map (accessed
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