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	Podcast:		The Inquiry
	Episode:		What's Killing White American Women?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:22:59
	Publish Date:		2016-05-09 20:06:00
	Description:		The rich world has got used to health and longevity getting better, and death rates falling – for everyone. But over the past few years data has been accumulating which suggests that this trend has stopped for poorly educated, white Americans. And for one group in particular - middle-aged women – death rates are going up. It’s a shocking finding, meaning many will die at a younger age than their mothers. What’s happening? Certainly, life is tough for many low-income American families. “What the data look like,” says the economist Paul Krugman, “is a society gripped by despair, with a surge of unhealthy behaviours and an epidemic of drugs.” Is he right? Are the conditions of working class life in America killing white women? Presenter: James Fletcher (Image: A cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Credit: Getty Images)
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