Poorly educated whites dying early
In a report today, John Webster comments:
Trump country dodged a bullet last week – a bullet fired by the Republicans elected to represent it.
From Eastern Washington to Appalachia, the people of Trump country are dying – at an extraordinary rate, according to a new research paper from Princeton University.
Who are these victims? And why are they dying?
The victims are whites who did not attend college. This is a group, according to studies of the 2016 election, that sided strongly with President Donald Trump.
The reason for the worsening mortality, according to the research, is “despair” – manifested in abnormally high rates of suicide, opioid overdoses and alcohol-related liver disease. More here.