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Download full textWilliams, Blanch Spruiel – 1980
The number of elderly blacks is increasing at a substantially faster rate than either the general population or the elderly white population. Older blacks tend to have lower incomes, greater health problems, and higher incidence of widowhood than comparable whites or younger blacks. The median income of older blacks remained at only two-thirds of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Health Needs, Hypertension
