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African American Health

African American Health.

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African American Health

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  1. African American Health Black females experienced intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than that of white females, and about 22 times the rate of women of other races. Black males experienced intimate partner violence at a rate about 62% higher than that of white males and about 22 times the rate of men of other races. Callie Marie Rennison. and Sarah Welchans, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 178247, Intimate Partner Violence(2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/ipv.txt

  2. Approximately 40% of Black women report coercive contact of a sexual nature by age 18 African American Health Africana Voices Against Violence, Tufts University, Statistics, 2002, www.ase.tufts.edu/womenscenter/peace/africana/newsite/statistics.htm

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