US Deaths of Despair for Males, Ages 15-34, 1968-2022

These US mortality data from the CDC show the crude death rate for the aggregate of 100 * (deaths by suicide + alcohol abuse + drug abuse) / population size.

This chart plots deaths of despair for Whites, Blacks, Other, Natives, and Asians. It shows the phenomenon of young males being more likely to die from suicide, drugs, or alcohol is especially strong among Native Americans adding support to my "theory of defeat."
While young males are more likely to die from suicide or from drug or alcohol abuse than the general population in all racial categories, among Native Americans, that tendency is especially pronounced.
Chart: craignelsen.substack.comSource: CDC | Dataset: Compressed Mortality, 1999-2016 Query Parameters: Title: US Deaths of Despair by Race, Age, and Gender 1999-2016 Age Group: 15-19 years; 20-24 years; 25-34 years Gender: Male ICD-10 Codes: F10-F19 (Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use); X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm) Group By: Year; Race; Gender; Age Group; Cause of death. [Parameters were the same for datasets: 1968-1978, 1979-1998, and 2018-2022 Get the dataEmbed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper