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Orrex

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5. Death rate "soars?" Really?

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 07:28 AM

Nov 2015

Ms. Case and Mr. Deaton found that mortality rose half a percent annually for whites aged 45 to 54 between 1999 and 2013, after declining 2% a year on average between 1978 and 1998.

If that's "soaring," than the US economy is skyrocketing to the stars!

Of course, since the headline I've seen again and again is

Death Rate Is Rising for Middle-Aged Whites (emphasis mine)

one wonders about the motive in identifying these "soaring" death rates.

My God! At this rate, non-whites might eventually start to be slightly less in the minority! The horror! The horror!

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Capitalism and mortality: Death rate soars for middle-aged US workers [View all] TexasTowelie Nov 2015 OP

Signs of the times..... Sherman A1 Nov 2015 #1

Exactly Sherman.. monicaangela Nov 2015 #13

I heard Thom Hartmann attribute this to Ilsa Nov 2015 #2

And this is feeding the white nationalist movement. Kablooie Nov 2015 #4

Well they better hurry with that ... Trajan Nov 2015 #28

I'd say it started with Reagan. moondust Nov 2015 #17

It might have been the beginning for many people. Ilsa Nov 2015 #18

But republicans wanting to raise SS retirement age say we are living longer? B Calm Nov 2015 #3

Which is a crock of shit - when you disregard lower childhood mortality, we've only gained MillennialDem Nov 2015 #8

Death rate "soars?" Really? Orrex Nov 2015 #5

I can't read the link to the WSJ since it appears to be premium content. TexasTowelie Nov 2015 #6

Weird--I was able to get right to it. Orrex Nov 2015 #7

Half a percent over 15 years? Yeah not so much. Half a percent annually over 15 years? Yes soaring MillennialDem Nov 2015 #9

If you got a 0.5% raise annually for 15 years, would you describe your income as "soaring?" Orrex Nov 2015 #11

Well, death rates in middle age should be going down (slightly). The fact that it is going up is MillennialDem Nov 2015 #14

"At this rate, non-whites might eventually start to be slightly less in the minority! The horror!" lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #21

Jayzus, that is horrifying. hifiguy Nov 2015 #30

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ Tarheel_Dem Nov 2015 #27

When contrasted to the decreasing death rates worldwide for other groups, Thor_MN Nov 2015 #31

"Only HIV/AIDS in contemporary times has done anything like this" - wrong, unfortunately GreatGazoo Nov 2015 #10

This is truly sad... monicaangela Nov 2015 #12

Monicaangel I agree. BUT for the election results that occured in KY bonniebgood Nov 2015 #15

My sentiments exactly bonniebgood monicaangela Nov 2015 #16

It isn't that people couldn't stand up and fight back, hifiguy Nov 2015 #19

Excellent Post!!! I have to say hear, hear monicaangela Nov 2015 #23

I've been riding this pony of actually READING HISTORY hifiguy Nov 2015 #25

They had monicaangela Nov 2015 #29

Same group who tried to overthrow FDR in 1933 had kids. Octafish Nov 2015 #32

THANK YOU! monicaangela Nov 2015 #33

Speak Art to Power Octafish Nov 2015 #34

You are welcome TexasTowelie Nov 2015 #20

I agree with your comment... monicaangela Nov 2015 #24

"I can imagine..." Shandris Nov 2015 #22

Vivid it is.. monicaangela Nov 2015 #26