Five theories about why middle-aged, white Americans are dying at such shockingly high rates

National Post ^ | November 6, 2015 | Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post

[sagar]

When people die, it’s usually their fault.

[DuncanWaring]

"Half a million people are dead who should not be dead,"

And many millions more who should be dead are not dead.

[InterceptPoint]

[Jonty30]

The most likely reason is despair. Whites have taken a beating in the last thirty years in terms of employment.

[Smokin' Joe]

It is hard on a person being pissed off all the time. If you are working to provide the Escalades, big screen teevees and smartphones for someone else you can't lavish on your own family, that gets to a person after a while. Every paycheck, every quarter for the self-employed, you see a huge chunk of what you busted ass for go to people who will piss it away and go in hock for more. To make that worse, they aren't even doing the job they were supposed to be doing, instead they are coming up with new ways to screw up your life.

Yep, being continually pissed off is rough on a body.

Let God, Let go, and outlive the b@st@rds.

[Vermont Lt]

Thank God I just turned 55. Now I am good into my 90s.

My daughter is 25. She was at an event the other day where a 28 year old had a stroke.

I’d say that’s a little unusual....

[baltiless]

I’m 46 and white. In May, I had an aortic dissection (look it up) and, during the 8-hour surgery to fix me, had a massive stroke. I was completely out until late June, and I’m still recovering, though my doctors are all stunned at how well I am.

The point is, I know that my days are numbered. I probably don’t have five years left, and 10 years would be a completely unexpected miracle.

This doesn’t bother me even a little, even though I do get a bit panicky at the first chest pain. I figure I’ve seen enough of the earth and fulfilled my biological function by leaving behind two wonderful daughters. I’ve always thought longevity was incredibly overrated and I guess now I’ve put my money where my mouth is.

[Jeff Head]

How about the 60 million American babies...human beings...who are dead who shouldn’t be.

Perhaps this is part of God’s judgement for Abortion?

Whether this is part of that or not, one day, I am convinced there will be dire consequences for 60 million innocent dead babies who have been literally ripped asunder in their mother’s womb.

The Abortion Holocaust
http://www.freewebs.com/jeffhead/abortion/abortiontruth.htm

[Jackson Brown]

The untold results of heavy booze consumption....i.e. liver cancer, cirrhosis, etc.

[sunrise_sunset]

Discrimination

[KeyLargo]

"The end of the American dream? With the disappearance of stable jobs in manufacturing and construction over the years, many people with only a high school education may not have as many opportunities as they may have had a generation ago. Surveys have shown that about half of middle-aged Americans have not been able to save enough money for retirement. Many in this generation are “the first to find, in midlife, that they will not be better off than their parents,” the authors wrote."

[oh8eleven]

If you are working to provide the Escalades, big screen teevees and smartphones for someone else you can't lavish on your own family ...
Yeah, I'm with you. Adding insult to injury, especially since Øbama took over, is the MFers are taking whitey's money, while at the same time, blaming whitey for their own self inflicted, sorry-@ss lives.

[proxy_user]

There is an interesting article in the NY Times with details:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/upshot/more-details-on-rising-mortality-among-middle-aged-whites.html

You will note in the graph that while the death rate for those aged 52 by 36.4%, and the death rate for those aged 54 increased by 17.4%, the death rate for those aged 53 DECLINED by 18.4%.

How can this be?

[sunrise_sunset]

The white working class has been economically destroyed and these are the results.

Whats interesting is that whites even on this board blame themselves.

[corkoman]

More like:

[RKBA Democrat]

The political class is delighted. The “undesirables” are liquidating themselves.

[discostu]

Because we can.

[Mouton]

Maybe that is close or like the old joke about why do men die before their wives: because they want to!

[sunrise_sunset]

The death rate is falling for everyone everywhere but middle aged whites.