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African-Americans deaths by police 2019 vs <55 African-American deaths by COVID-19 in 2020
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African-Americans killed by police 2019: total = 9 percent of all 48 million = 0.0000001882845

African-Americans <55 killed by COVID-19 in 2020: total = 2093 percentage of all 34.4 million <55 = 0.000060814737331473733147373314737331473733147373314737331

0.0000608147373 / 0.0000001882845 = 322.99x

Therefore <55 African americans are 323x more likely to die from COVID-19 than police

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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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