Meaning of death of despair | Babel Free

Definitions

Death resulting from a disease of despair.

Examples

“The economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton have called suicides as well as drug and alcohol-related deaths “deaths of despair.” Much of the conversation around deaths of despair has centered on middle-aged white Americans without college degrees, who have been dying in greater numbers. But the rising suicide rate in nearly all populations in the U.S. suggests that this is a public health problem facing the entire country, regardless of demographics.”

“Income equality often features in popular discussion of deaths of despair and American ill health more generally.”

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