Opioid-related overdoses and alcohol abuse are credited for driving the increase. Almost every ethnic and racial group experienced rises in death rate, with a 4 percent rise among African Americans, 7 percent among Hispanics, 12 percent among whites and 18 percent among Native Americans.
The climb is not relegated to one geographic region, as Hawaii and Washington D.C. are the only parts of the country to experience declining death rates among this segment of the population since 2010.
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