Deaths of despair surged among Black people over past decade

Deaths of despair surged among Black people over past decade
JAMA Network; by Emily Harris; 5/24
Guided by findings reported in 2015, researchers have thought that the uptick in midlife deaths of despair—those resulting from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver disease—disproportionately affected White people. Now, new data published in JAMA Psychiatry illustrate that the decrease in life expectancy from deaths of despair among people aged 45 to 54 years is not unique to White individuals.
Publisher's Note: Some hospices exclude suicide, drug overdose, alcoholic liver disease, etc., from hospice use calculations or consideration - should we?