DETROIT — Detroit’s kids are less likely to survive childhood than youngsters in any of the nation’s other major cities.
Between 1999 and 2001, hundreds perished naturally in hospitals or in their cribs. Hundreds more were shot, stabbed, beaten, run over or suffocated by smoke.
While some of those deaths would have been unavoidable in even the best of circumstances, many others are a lethal reflection of the crush of poverty, drug use and rampant violence that have hobbled Detroit.
The city’s death rate among children younger than 18 is the highest among any of the nation’s 15 biggest cities and is 68 percent above the national average, a Detroit News analysis of federal health records found. Over those three years, the most recent for which data is available, Detroit buried 1,032 of its children
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Between 1999 and 2001, hundreds perished naturally in hospitals or in their cribs. Hundreds more were shot, stabbed, beaten, run over or suffocated by smoke.
While some of those deaths would have been unavoidable in even the best of circumstances, many others are a lethal reflection of the crush of poverty, drug use and rampant violence that have hobbled Detroit.
The city’s death rate among children younger than 18 is the highest among any of the nation’s 15 biggest cities and is 68 percent above the national average, a Detroit News analysis of federal health records found. Over those three years, the most recent for which data is available, Detroit buried 1,032 of its children
Niggaz got to get they minds right. This article is from detnews.com and it's only getting worse.
