Something unexpected has been going on with suicide rates over the past half decade.
Why, after young (under age 45) white suicide rates rose steadily during the Deaths of Despair era, as identified in 2015 by economists Ann Case and Angus Deaton, have they flattened out over the last half decade, while black and other nonwhite suicide rates soared?
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I have no doubt that OD gets conflated with suicide. Also important to note that, although the Great Awokening is footnote, it is important to consider the serious potential for life-ruination is has for whites. The inability to land a job despite high credentials is not only demoralizing, but prevents the creation of life, home-owners, and family planning; all requisite for a positive lifestyle.
Thinking only of mundane explanations. At least for Indians, their smaller population tends to show changes more acutely, which might account for a small portion of the visible change. Perhaps reporting methods, too, have changed, especially for a population that might not have been in the system. Changing diagnosis methods, for instance.
That said, mundane changes don't seem to account for the large signals.
I have no doubt that OD gets conflated with suicide. Also important to note that, although the Great Awokening is footnote, it is important to consider the serious potential for life-ruination is has for whites. The inability to land a job despite high credentials is not only demoralizing, but prevents the creation of life, home-owners, and family planning; all requisite for a positive lifestyle.
Thinking only of mundane explanations. At least for Indians, their smaller population tends to show changes more acutely, which might account for a small portion of the visible change. Perhaps reporting methods, too, have changed, especially for a population that might not have been in the system. Changing diagnosis methods, for instance.
That said, mundane changes don't seem to account for the large signals.