The problem has been building since the 1980s, according to researchers.
But between 1999 and 2017, deaths in midlife from drug overdoses increased by 386.5 percent from 6.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 32.5 deaths. The biggest increase was among 55 to 64 year olds, at 909.2 percent, from 2.3 deaths per 100,000 people to 23.5 deaths per 100,000. During this period, deaths from alcoholic liver disease spiked by 40.6 percent. At the same time, the suicide rate for people between 25 and 64 yearsrose by 38.3 percent from 13.4 deaths to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 people.
Woolf said the research team expected the increases to be greatest in the Deep South,"a region that historically has suffered from disproportionate health challenges for many years." "Our health is shaped less by what happens in a clinic than what happens in our daily lives," explained Woolf."Our health depends on access to education, stable employment, liveable wages, affordable housing, and a healthy social environment in our families and communities. Too many American families lack these. It's not news that this has been causing pain for much of the middle class and many of our communities, but now we know it's also costing lives.
"We have long considered Asians and Hispanics to be holding the torch for all Americans. Those two groups have long been considered the healthiest," said."But mortality rates appear to be flat for those groups rather than getting better. This is particularly surprising because Asians have been considered untouched by the opiate crisis," he said.
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