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Northern California Death Rates Rise Sharply

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Molly J. Smith/Statesman Journal

People are dying in Northern California at alarming rates. 

Drug and alcohol abuse are among the causes of death that are killing white people at rates above the national average. 

The Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh assembled a report that shows high rates of increased mortality across most of the counties of the Northstate.  Steven Wolff from VCU visits with details.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award.