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Vital Signs: Statistics That Measure the State of Racial Inequality

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of blacks in higher education, 2009-10 (65), p.43

Ort / Verlag

New York: BruCon Publishing Company

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Some of these statistics are interesting but not particularly important whereas others are highly relevant and critical to the overall measurement of racial progress. * Number of black first-year students at Cornell University in the fall of 2008: 142 * Number of black first-year students at Cornell University in the fall of 2009: 259 (Cornell University Office of Admissions) * Black percentage of the freshman class at Columbia University in 2004: 6.8% * Black percentage of the freshman class at Columbia University in 2009: 13.5% (Columbia University Office of Admissions) * Percentage of all black high school students in the state of Alabama in the 2006-07 academic year who dropped out of school: 2.8% * Percentage of all black high school students in the state of Michigan in the 2006-07 academic year who dropped out of school: 16.6% (U. S. Department of Education) * Number of states in 2007 where the white high school student dropout rate exceeded the dropout rate for black high school students: 0 * Number of states in 2007 where the black high school student dropout rate was at least double the dropout rate for white high school students: 21 (U.S. Department of Education) * Percentage of black students entering high school in the United States in 2004 who graduated within four years: 60.3% * Percentage of white students entering high school in the United States in 2004 who graduated within four years: 80.3% (U.S. Department of Education) * Percentage of all non-Hispanic whites in 2008 who were not covered by either private or government-sponsored health insurance: 10.4% * Percentage of all non-Hispanic blacks in 2008 who were not covered by either private or government-sponsored health insurance: 16.0% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites in 2008 who failed to obtain needed medical care due to the cost: 6.0% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks in 2008 who failed to obtain needed medical care due to the cost: 8.3% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 65 in 2008 who received an influenza vaccination: 69.9% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 65 in 2008 who received an influenza vaccination: 50.6% Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 1 8 in 2008 who participated in regular leisure-time physical activity: 35.4% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 18 in 2008 who participated in regular leisure-time physical activity: 24.6% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 18 in 2008 who regularly smoked cigarettes: 22.5% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 18 in 2008 who regularly smoked cigarettes: 20.6% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 18 in 2008 who reported binge drinking over the past year: 26.2% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 18 in 2008 who reported binge drinking over the past year: 13.9% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of non-Hispanic whites over the age of 18 in 2008 who had ever been tested for HIV/AIDS: 36.7% * Percentage of non-Hispanic blacks over the age of 18 in 2008 who had ever been tested for HIV/AIDS: 54.4% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) * Percentage of all American children who are African Americans: 15% * Percentage of all American children in foster care who are African Americans: 32% (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) * Percentage of all employed white Americans in 2008 who worked at home: 4.5% * Percentage of all employed African Americans in 2008 who worked at home: 2.3% (U.S. Census Bureau) * Black percentage of all degree earners at private not-forprofit higher educational institutions in 2008: 8.9% * Black percentage of all degree earners at private for-profit higher educational institutions in 2008: 16.7% (U.S. Department of Education) * Percentage of white high school graduates in 2005 who took career/technical education courses in business: 39.5% * Percentage of African-American high school graduates in 2005 who took career/technical education courses in business: 45.7% (U.S. Department of Education) * Percentage of white high school graduates in 2005 who took career/technical education courses in health-related fields; 8.9% * Percentage of African- American high school graduates in 2005 who took career/technical education courses in healthrelated fields: 12.5% (U.S. Department of Education) * Number of states in which 80 percent or more of all white students graduate from high school in the standard four-year period: 23 * Number of states in which 80 percent or more of all black students graduate from high school in the standard four-year period: 5 - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, North Dakota, and Idaho (U.S. Department of Education) Note: