Whites Running Out of Hope: 21,350 'Deaths of Despair' in CaliforniaB. Anderson | Fresno Bee (http://www.fresnobee.com/) (California)
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Extract: Suicides, alcohol poisoning - and drug overdoses fueled in part by the opioid crisis - are the leading causes of rising death rates among white people in California, according to a new study that found the trend is widespread in rural areas of the state. The study released by The California Endowment said death rates have been decreasing among blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Pacific Islanders in California and are
increasing for whites ... The deaths are a result of "when people feel a sense of loss and feel like they don't belong," Reyes said ... According to the new study: Death rates from drug overdoses doubled between 1995 and 2014 among young and middle-aged whites in California ; ... The rate of suicides among middle-aged whites increased by 37 percent after 2000.