- Feb 2, 2006
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/death-rates-your-county/
"Across the country, middle-aged white women are dying at staggeringly higher rates, particularly from drug overdoses, suicides and excessive drinking.
The trend is most powerful in rural areas and smaller cities, where middle-aged white men are also dying more. In contrast, middle-aged African Americans, Hispanics and whites in the largest cities are dying less often, The Washington Post found in an investigation."
Click the above link for the full article and a searchable database of counties you may be interested in. In the counties I checked the death rates for middle aged Black women are trending in the opposite direction, i.e., decreasing.
"Across the country, middle-aged white women are dying at staggeringly higher rates, particularly from drug overdoses, suicides and excessive drinking.
The trend is most powerful in rural areas and smaller cities, where middle-aged white men are also dying more. In contrast, middle-aged African Americans, Hispanics and whites in the largest cities are dying less often, The Washington Post found in an investigation."
Click the above link for the full article and a searchable database of counties you may be interested in. In the counties I checked the death rates for middle aged Black women are trending in the opposite direction, i.e., decreasing.