Joblessness, Not Race, Drives Rates of Violent Deaths
University of WashingtonJoblessness, not race, is the key predictor of all forms of violent death -- homicide, accidental death and suicide -- according to a study by University of Washington demographers who looked at census data and vital records for Chicago. They also found the average life expectancy for poor black males dropped by 1 1/2 years between 1970 and 1990.