[Brownbag] Title Change and Abstract: Demography Brown Bag Presentation, March 14 - Magali Barbieri

[Monique M. Verrier]

Please note the title change for Magali Barbieri's presentation this 
Wednesday, March 14. It has been changed in the email below.

I've also included the abstract.

Monique


Please join us for a Demography Brown Bag Presentation. At noon on 
Wednesday, March 14, Magali Barbieri (UC Berkeley and Institut national 
d'études démographiques) will present, "The contribution of drug-related 
deaths to the US disadvantage in mortality."


ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to measure the effect of drug poisoning on 
the gap in life expectancy between the United States and other high-income 
countries. The results of the analysis based on a combination of data from 
the Human Mortality Database and from the World Health Organization for 13 
countries indicate that the severity of the drug epidemic appears to be 
specific to the United States and to contribute to the country shortfall 
in mortality, especially for working-age adults.Iin 2014, the drug crisis 
accounted for 10-15% of the overall United States disadvantage in 
mortality, but up to 38% for working-aged men. Except for cancer, for 
which mortality tends to be lower in the United States than in the 
comparison countries, all diseases and, for young adults, injuries from 
traffic accidents and homicides also contributed. So to better understand 
the causes underlying the epidemic, future research should focus on 
factors particular to the United States


Monique



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