Comparing trends in mid-life ‘deaths of despair’ in the USA, Canada and UK, 2001–2019: is the USA an anomaly?

<p><strong>Objectives</strong> In recent years, ‘deaths of despair’ due to drugs, alcohol and suicide have contributed to rising mid-life mortality in the USA. We examine whether despair-related deaths and mid-life mortality trends are also changing in peer countries, the UK and Ca...

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Main Authors: Dowd, JB, Angus, C, Zajacova, A, Tilstra, AM
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023