Historical and Recent Data Indicate

question 52

Multiple Choice

Historical and recent data indicate:

• A) most enslaved black Americans died by the age of 40, while on average white slaveholders lived more than 40 years.
• B) by 1900, the life expectancy for an average black person was only 32-35 years, about 16 years less than that for the average white person.
• C) the average contemporary black person has a life expectancy three to five years (female and male respectively) less than the average white person.
• D) All the above

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