Eight Americas

clipped from togetrichisglorious.blogspot.com I found some further evidence of this today, with a study released three years ago concluding that the U.S. has what it terms "eight Americas" in terms of life expectancy. They are: 1. 10.4 million Asians with a per capita income of $21,566 and an average life expectancy of 85. 2. 3.6 million whites in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska, with a income of $17,758 and an average life expectancy of 79 . 3. 214 million middle Americans, with a per capita income of $24,640 and an average life expectancy of 78. 4. 16.6 million whites in Appalachia and the Mississippi Valley with an income of $16,390 and a life expectancy of 75. 7. 5.8 million southern low-income blacks with a per capita income of $10,463 and a life expectancy of 71. 8. 7.5 million high-risk urban blacks, living in counties with a homicide risk that tops the 95th percentile of U.S. counties, with a per capita income of $14,800 and a life expectancy of 71.