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Changes in midlife death rates across racial and ethnic groups in the United States

Midlife mortality rates in the US are increasing not only among non-Hispanic whites but also among Hispanics and non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaskan Natives, blacks, and Asians and Pacific Islanders, according to this research.

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