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

1

Heart

Disease 24%

Homicide

50.3%

2

Cancer

22.4%

3

20-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Homicide

48.3%

Homicide 34.9%

Heart Disease

Heart Disease

Cancer

Heart

Disease

Unintention

al Injuries

22.1%

Unintentional

Injuries 19.5%

Unintentional

Injuries 18.9%

Unintentional

Injuries

Cancer

Heart

Disease

Cancer

Unintentio

nal Injuries

5.7%

Suicide 7.2%

Suicide 8.1%

Heart Disease

10.1%

Unintentional

Injuries

Stroke

Stroke

4

Stroke 4.9%

Heart

Disease 4.0%

Heart Disease

5.1%

Suicide 6.6%

Cancer

HIV disease

Diabetes

Chronic

Lower

Respiratory

Disease

5

Homicide

4.9%

Cancer 3.3%

Cancer 2.8%

HIV disease

5.3%

Homicide

Stroke

Unintentio

nal Injuries

Diabetes

6

Diabetes

3.7%

Birth Defects

1.9%

HIV disease

1.6%

Cancer 4.2%

Stroke

Diabetes

Kidney

disease

Kidney

Disease

7

Chronic

Lower

Respiratory

Disease 3.1%

Chronic

Lower

Respiratory

Disease 0.9%

Tied: Birth

Defects &

Diabetes 1.0%

Diabetes 1.3%

Diabetes

Homicide

HIV

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

CERMAK

HEALTH

SERVICES

CC JAIL

ACHN

ACHN

HEALTH

CENTERS

TOTAL 16

Woodlawn

Health

Center

PROJECT

BROTHERHOOD

CCDPH

COOK COUNTY

HOSPITAL

PROVIDENT

HOSPITAL

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