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US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com)
New submitter Ungrounded Lightning writes: According to The New York Times, the U.S. death rate has risen for the first time in more than a decade (or several decades if particular). The rise is across the whole population, though whites, especially the less educated among them, were recently (and separately) documented to be particularly hard hit. The article speculates about drug abuse (prescription as well as illegal), suicides, and Alzheimer's, though it notes that heart disease -- which had been consistently dropping -- has also risen. No mention was made of whether the cutover to Obamacare might have had some effect. The aging of the population was mentioned, though the rise is present even within particular age groups. The National Center for Health Statistics shows the adjusted death rate went up from 723 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014 to nearly 730 deaths per 100,000 in 2015. We do know that the suicide rate in the U.S. has surged to its highest level in almost three decades.
Shut the fuck you fucking hokum spewing troll.
The price of beef has tripled or more where it counts - at the supermarket where the average person buys it.
Congratulations on showing how much of an idiot you are. You don't even understand the difference between whole foods pricing, CPI or perishable goods, let alone the dry index. Go on, take a look at the actual indexing prices, I'll wait.
FYI, I live in Canada. I occasionally spend part of my winter in Florida. When the local Sweetbay aka Winn-dixie has a special on and beef is $6/lbs, you're really showing you don't know what you're talking about. This of course is this weeks prices, which are slightly better then normal...but not by much. Yes, very cheap at the non-whole foods in one of the poorer areas of central Florida.
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Why did you have children you couldn't afford?
For fucks sake people. Stop having children!
The world is overpopulated, and if you can't afford to pay 100% of the lifetime costs of having a child, then don't have one!