An inmate recently asked: What was the life expectancy of a black male in 1970.
I responded as follows: I visited many websites and narrowed it to between 60-62. I included a chart that I examined from this website in this post. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5414a6.htm
So why is this man and so many men in prison curious as to what the life expectancy was in particular years? Well in 1970 many young men were given life sentences now those men are 60, 70 even older.
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