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African-Americans deaths by police 2019 vs <55 African-American deaths by COVID-19 in 2020
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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