Health inequality for black seniors: an invisible challenge

Black seniors face a challenging reality in Brazil, where factors such as race, sex, and socioeconomic class directly influence health and life expectancy. Data from the Institute for Mobility and Social Development (IMDS) reveal that white women born between 2010 and 2019 have a life expectancy at birth of 80.06 years, while black women reach only 76.01 years. In the case of men, the difference is even more pronounced: whites live, on average, 74.52 years, while blacks have an average life expectancy of 68.65 years.