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Black and White Mortality Rates per 100 000 Standard Population: United States, 1970–2015
Note. Mortality disparities by race largely converged until the mid-1980s with the onset of HIV/AIDS. They then widened and narrowed again with the introduction of protease inhibitors.
Source. National Center for Health Statistics death rates and life expectancy at birth. Available at: https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/NCHS-Death-rates-and-life-expectancy-at-birth/w9j2-ggv5. Analyses by author.
