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Women, But Not Men, Hit By Spike In Middle-Aged White Mortality

Women, But Not Men, Hit By Spike In Middle-Aged White Mortality by John Hayward11 Nov 20159 A researcher who investigated the new study that shows increased death-rates among middle-aged, middle-class whites has revealed something even more jarring — since 2005, all the extra dead were women, not men. “The death rate has been rising for middle-aged white women and declining for middle-aged white men” since 2005, said the author, Andrew Gelman, a statistics professor at Columbia University. “Not by a lot – we’re talking a change of 4% over a decade – but this is what we see,” he added. Middle-aged white males have… View Article