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Home Front: Politix
WAPO: White mortality rate now linked to support for GOP presidential candidate Trump
2016-04-11
[WAPO] White women have been dying prematurely at higher rates since the turn of this century, passing away in their 30s, 40s and 50s in a slow-motion crisis driven by decaying health in small-town America, according to an analysis of national health and mortality statistics by The Washington Post.

Among African Americans, Hispanics and even the oldest white Americans, death rates have continued to fall. But for white women in what should be the prime of their lives, death rates have spiked upward. In one of the hardest-hit groups -- rural white women in their late 40s -- the death rate has risen by 30 percent.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  It must somehow be George Bush's fault - agreed?
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2016-04-11 21:26  

#9  Glenmore, I'm sure what the overall trend is, but I look around this town and see way too many young women just ruined. I'm sure their kids do not have a chance, especially young lungs with haz-mat level house air, then the lack of food, hygiene, household maintenance, a whole cascade.

The lucky kids get raised by grandma, which of course is a lot of stress on grandma.

I wouldn't call it then, decaying health, but decaying lifestyle. I'd say there are the traditional losers who work odd jobs in between binges, and then the locusts - city people find a house for rent cheap and gather as many locusts as can possibly fit in said rental, they then supplement their government money by theft and/or selling. Boom, don't have to work, just have to make sure they don't run out of product, oh and change the diapers if someone thinks about it.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-04-11 17:45  

#8  Speaking as a rural person: we live harder in places that are harder to live.
Posted by: Secret Master   2016-04-11 17:02  

#7  This reversal may be fueling anger among white voters:

Not the reversal itself but the conditions that led to the reversal, WAPO morons.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-04-11 12:34  

#6  The same factors that led lower class whites to depression and high mortality/suicide rate led them to Trump. I thought that was obvious.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-04-11 10:54  

#5  Mostly blind drunk and smoking.
Other contributive causes to early deaths.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-04-11 10:46  

#4  In the end, all the ills and tragedies of society should be blamed on Global Warming, White Privilege, and Republicans. Why can no one see it ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-04-11 10:42  

#3  Well, Wiki says closer to 30k.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-04-11 10:42  

#2  Auto accidents.
As ladies entered the workforce and now that rural employees are commuting farther for work, there are more highway deaths among the working class. Something like 50k/yr.
Only the popular social meme causes are mentioned of course.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-04-11 10:37  

#1  Due to increased use rate of meth?
Posted by: Glenmore   2016-04-11 10:13  

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