Thursday, June 2, 2016

Life expectancy is up sharply for blacks and Hispanics; whites are lagging - Washington Post


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Life expectancy is up sharply for blacks and Hispanics; whites are lagging
Washington Post
There's good news and bad news when it comes to American mortality — and the bad is threatening to overwhelm the good. On the positive side, there are fewer deaths, per 100,000 people, from car accidents. There are fewer deaths from cancer. And there ...
Deaths of Despair: Overdoses, drinking, suicides hit whitesSan Francisco Chronicle
Here's why so many white Americans are dying youngSTAT

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