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The BBC reports on a disturbing new study: Why is death rate rising for white, middle-aged Americans?
While non-whites, younger people and people in other countries are seeing falling death rates, a new study shows the reverse is happening for white men and women in the US aged 45-54.
Covering the period from 1999 to 2013, the study by Princeton University researchers says it is particularly acute for those without a college education.
The data shows that the rates are higher in the South and the West and given that the data set covers the period before and after the Great Recession, the trend doesn’t seem to be strongly influenced by the economy, unless the change occurred in the last century.
November 4, 2015 4 Comments
