Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans, Study Finds

The New York Times - Article quotes Ellen Meara and Jonathan Skinner, both associate professors of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and adjunct associate professors of economics, who co-authored a commentary accompanying recent research about how suicides and drug overdoses have contributed to a marked increase in death rates for middle-aged white Americans. "It is difficult to find modern settings with survival losses of this magnitude," wrote Meara and Skinner. (Picked up by Herald Recorder. Similar coverage in The Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, Telegraph, Dallas Morning News, Tampa Bay Times, Tech Times, and Youth Health Magazine.)