Population of Interest and Proposed Solutions fo Middle Age African American Men of Ages 45 to 64

p HEALTH SITUATION FOR MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN

The African-American population as of the 2000 census shows that is comprises approximately 12 .9 of the US population (Census Brief , 2000 However , though just a small portion of the African-Americans suffer much of disability and health issues . This portion of the population suffers same diseases like the whites however , their number of mortality and persons affected triple that of the white population

Researches have shown that most of these diseases afflict African-Americans before they reach 84 and they acquire it sooner than those

of the white Americans . According to the National Center for Health Statistics show that for cases of cancer and heart diseases African-Americans are killed 50 more than the whites (National Center for Health Statistics . Most of these disease victims range from the portion of the population with ages 45-64

The pro of African-Americans with ages 45-64 are on their early retirement age up to the actual retirement age . At this point of their life , some may be still working but some are already unemployed Contextual influences govern the logic why most of the African-American are affected on this age range

Though African-Americans retire early , the main reason that is being posed on the early retirement are health reasons (Houston , et al 2009 . This gives a scenario that even before African-Americans retire they already have health issues governing their lifestyle . However according to the Department of Health and Human Services , the diseases that these African-Americans are suffering are...