Amazing Fact: African American males living in Washington, D.C. have a lower life expectancy (57.9 years) than men in Bangladesh (58.1) and Ghana (58.3). The state of health for Black males in America is the worst of any group in the country.As startling as this statistic is, nothing will change without a massive amount of concerted community effort.
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