Brother’s and Medical Care: Project Brotherhood: A Black Men’s Clinic

Brother's and Medical Care: Project Brotherhood: A Black Men's Clinic

Leading Causes of Death Black Men 2008

Rank ALL AGES

15-19

20-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

1 Heart

Homicide

Disease 24% 50.3%

Homicide 48.3%

Homicide 34.9% Heart Disease Heart Disease Cancer

Heart Disease

2 Cancer

22.4%

Unintention al Injuries 22.1%

Unintentional Unintentional Injuries 19.5% Injuries 18.9%

Unintentional Cancer Injuries

Heart Disease

3

Unintentio Suicide 7.2% Suicide 8.1%

Heart Disease

nal Injuries

10.1%

5.7%

Unintentional Stroke Injuries

Cancer Stroke

4 Stroke 4.9% Heart

Heart Disease Suicide 6.6%

Disease 4.0% 5.1%

Cancer

HIV disease

Diabetes

Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease

5

Homicide

Cancer 3.3% Cancer 2.8%

HIV disease

4.9%

5.3%

Homicide

Stroke

Unintentio Diabetes nal Injuries

6 Diabetes

3.7%

Birth Defects HIV disease

1.9%

1.6%

Cancer 4.2%

Stroke

7 Chronic

Lower

Chronic Lower

Tied: Birth Defects &

Diabetes 1.3% Diabetes

Respiratory Respiratory Diabetes 1.0%

Disease 3.1% Disease 0.9%

Diabetes Homicide

Kidney disease

HIV Disease

Kidney Disease

Septicemia

What is Health ?

" Health is a social, economic and political issue, and above all a fundamental human right. Inequality , poverty, exploitation, violence and injustice are at the root of ill-health and the deaths of poor and marginalized people. Health for all means that powerful interests have to be challenged, that globalization has to be opposed, and that political and economic

priorities have to be drastically changed."

The People's Charter for Health Preamble Dec.

2000

Project Brotherhood's Revision of W.H.O. Definition of Health

Health is not simply the absence of disease, but the presence of physical, mental

social,economical and spiritual well-being.

Organizational Chart

PEOPLE OF COOK COUNTY

COOK COUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

CHIEF COOK COUNTY

BUREAU OF HEALTH SERVICES

OAK FOREST HOSPITAL

ACHN

CERMAK HEALTH SERVICES CC JAIL

CCDPH

ACHN HEALTH CENTERS TOTAL 16

Woodlawn Health Center

PROJECT BROTHERHOOD

COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL

PROVIDENT HOSPITAL

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