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Suicide and opiates take a rising toll on older white Americans

New research from a pair of Princeton economists finds that the death rate among white Americans aged 45 to 54 is rising. Lisa Berkman, Director for the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studie and Dr. Patrick Remington, Associate Dean for Public Health and Professor of Population Health Sciences at University of Wisconsin-Madison joined MPR News with Kerri Miller to discuss the negative health trend.