"In 1991, the age-adjusted death rate from motor-vehicle crashes was highest for black males (26.2 per 100,000 population) and was nearly equal to that for white males (24.2 per 100,000), 2.5 times that for white females (10.4 per 100,000), and 3.0 times that for black females (8.7 per 100,000). * The age-adjusted death rate for firearms also was highest for black males (66.4 per 100,000) and was 3.2 times that for white males (20.7 per 100,000), 8.3 times that for black females (8.0 per 100,000), and 17.9 times that for white females (3.7 per 100,000). For both motor-vehicle- and firearm-related deaths, age-specific death rates were highest for persons aged 15-24 years (CDC, unpublished data, 1991). Reported by: Div of Violence Prevention and Div of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC"
wonder.cdc.gov
Which probably correlates well with unemployment and poverty as well as race.
Note that the white rate is 20 per 100,000 and that compares unfavorably with the Canadian rate of 4 per 100,000 |
