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African-Americans deaths by police 2019 vs <55 African-American deaths by COVID-19 in 2020
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Results | |
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African-Americans killed by police 2019: | |
total = 9 | |
percent of all 48 million african-americans = 0.0000001882845 | |
African-Americans <55 killed by COVID-19 in 2020: | |
total = 2093 | |
percentage of all 34.4 million <55 african-americans = 0.000060814737331473733147373314737331473733147373314737331 | |
0.0000608147373 / 0.0000001882845 | |
= 322.99x | |
Therefore <55 African americans are 323x more likely to die from COVID-19 than police | |
Math | |
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Age groups: | |
55-64 = 13% of population | |
65+ = 16% of population | |
total >55 = 28% | |
Population: | |
total = 328.2 million | |
<55 = 236,304,000 (72%) | |
>55 = 91,896,000 (28%) | |
African american population: | |
total = 47.8 million | |
<55 = 34,416,000 | |
>55 = 13,384,000 | |
COVID-19 Deaths: | |
<55 = 6,471 = 0.07333 | |
>55 = 81,772 = 0.92667 | |
total = 88,243 | |
African-american COVID-19 Deaths: | |
<55 = 2,093 = 0.1031644322 | |
>55 = 18,195 = 0.8968355678 | |
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm | |
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