Rates of Early Deaths Rise for Whites, Drop for Blacks
Drug overdoses, liver disease, suicides fuel jump in numbers for whites, U.S. study finds
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By Robert Preidt
Thursday, January 26, 2017
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Premature death rates in the United States have fallen for some groups but risen in others, a federal study says.
Researchers looked at death certificate data from 1999 to 2014. They found that rates of premature death (between ages 25 to 64) declined among blacks, Hispanics and Asian/Pacific Islanders. At the same time, the rates went up for whites and American Indians/Alaska Natives.
"Death at any age is devastating for those left behind, but premature death is especially so, in particular for children and parents," said study senior author Amy Berrington, from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
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