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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/can-your-race-determine-how-healthy-you-will-be/">Can Your Race Determine How Healthy You Will Be?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 11, 2008 at 01:30 PM by Donnell Peavy</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Here’s something I’ve been hearing pretty much all of my life – as a black male, my life expectancy is shorter than other races for various reasons, both culturally and genetically. The University of North Carolina recently hosted a panel discussion which focused on the lifespan of men in various ethnic groups. According to the panel, studies have shown that black males have an average life span of almost 70 years (69.8 to be exact) – about five and a half years less than a white male. Though there are no published stats, estimates are that the life expectancies of Asians, Hispanics and Pacific Islanders are higher than white men. The statistics which were discussed made things look pretty bleak for black men, who have double the chance of drying prostate cancer, a 30 percent higher risk of heart…<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/can-your-race-determine-how-healthy-you-will-be/">(<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/can-your-race-determine-how-healthy-you-will-be/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/can-your-race-determine-how-healthy-you-will-be/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/can-your-race-determine-how-healthy-you-will-be/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/in-the-news/">in-the-news</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/his-health/">his-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/mental-health/">mental-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/physical-health/">physical-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/lifestyle-health/">lifestyle-health</a><br /><br /> </P>