'Deaths of despair' more than double in the US over two decades
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a global standard for classifying diseases, deaths and health conditions and has been used for more than a century. It assigns diagnostic codes to ...
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'Deaths of despair' among Black Americans surpassed those of white Americans in 2022
The rate of deaths of despair among Black Americans (103.81 per 100,000 people) surpassed that of white Americans (102.63 per 100,000) in 2022. The rate among Black Americans tripled from 2013 ...
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Rural Americans Don’t Live as Long as Those in Cities, Says New Research
This story was originally published by The Conversation. Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live ...
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The rise of deaths from suicide, drugs, and alcohol in the U.S.
For over 100 years, doctors and health experts have used the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to name and ...
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500-year-old diaries tell a story of plague, famine and ‘despair’ in Transylvania
By the second half of the century, Transylvania saw increased rainfall and flooding, leading to more food shortages and the spread of disease, the study said ... and the air was thick with despair as ...
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USAID – severity and speed of cuts causing despair in South Africa
The fear in the HIV/Aids/TB community in South Africa is that a nation that was making headway in its fight against the virus ...
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500-year-old diaries tell a story of plague, famine and ‘despair’ in Transylvania
By the second half of the century, Transylvania saw increased rainfall and flooding, leading to more food shortages and the spread of disease ... air was thick with despair as the people gathered ...