PUBH 102 Chapter 15: Why are White Death Rates Rising?
21 Mar 2017
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Rates have been climbing since 1999 for non-hispanic whites aged 45 to 54. Increase in poisonings and chronic liver disease: reflect drug overdose and alcoholism. Meanwhile, death rates fell overall for blacks and hispanics. Some people have suggested it"s related to higher rates of chronic opioid prescriptions and greater pessimism about their finances. Another proposal is the reference group theory: theory was developed in 1950s tells us that in order to understand how people think and behave, it"s important to understand the standards to which they compare themselves. Many non-college educated whites compare themselves to generation of our parents that had more opportunities: meanwhile many blacks and hispanics are comparing themselves to their parents that had less opportunities than they do. Many fathers were sustained by booming industrial economy of postwar america: hourly wages of male high school graduates have declined by 14% between.
