New research from the University of Wisconsin?s Population Health Institute sheds light on that question, and the findings are as intriguing as they are worrisome. Writing in the journal Health Affairs, epidemiologists David Kindig and Erika Cheng report that 43% of all U.S. counties saw increases in female death rates over a recent 14-year period, while male mortality rose in just 3% of counties.
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