Males in general are more often both the perpetrators and the victims of homicide. Homicide is the leading cause of death for college-age African American males who are nearly 7 times more likely than their female peers to be victims of homicide and 9 times more likely than their male Caucasian American peers. African American males account for half of all homicide deaths in this age group. In fact, half of all the deaths of college-age African American men are due to homicide. Accidents are the second leading cause of death for college-age African Americans and they claim 3 times more lives than the next leading cause of death.
Accidents are responsible for nearly half of all college-age male deaths.
College-age African American males are 4 times more likely to die an accidental death than their female peers. Three out of every 4 accidental deaths among those of college age are due to motor vehicle accidents. The motor vehicle death rate for college-age African American males is nearly 4 times that of their female peers. Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death. Males also have significantly higher injury rates than females.