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The U.S. is a Nation in Pain – America’s Life Expectancy Fell Again in 2016

Health Populi

wars since 1950, according to Pain in the Nation Update from the Well Being Trust and Trust for America’s Health. states had the biggest increases in alcohol, drug and suicide deaths between 2015 and 2016, and in six states and Washington DC the death rates grew by over 20% — particularly in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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A BA Degree as Prescription for a Longer Life – Update on Deaths of Despair from Deaton and Case

Health Populi

At that point, the research shows that Americans without a college degree had rising death rates due to drugs, suicide, and alcoholic liver disease — considered together as the “deaths of despair,” they coined in 2015.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

UPMC launching a social impact program focusing on SDoH, among other projects investing in social factors that bolster public health. As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen.