Akee, Randall K. Q.; Feir, Donn. L.; Gorzig, Marina Mileo; … - 2022
Non-Hispanic whites who do not have a college degree have experienced an increase in "deaths of despair" – deaths … caused by suicide, drug use, and alcohol use. Yet, deaths of despair are proportionally largest among Native Americans and … the largest differentials: deaths of despair comprise over 10% of all deaths among Native American women and girls …