News ‘A public health crisis’: Young Black men, teens made up 37% of gun homicide victims, CDC 2019 data shows February 23, 2021February 23, 2021Nada Hassanein, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘A public health crisis’: Young Black men, teens made up 37% of gun homicide victims, CDC 2019 data shows The analysis of CDC data shows stark racial disparities: In 2019, Black men were nearly 14 times more likely to die in a gun homicide than white men.