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Diseases of Despair from 2019 to 2020, United States
MN00006

Description: This graph shows that "diseases of despair" (drug overdose-deaths, alcohol overdose-deaths, and suicide) are significantly higher in males. Male deaths increased significantly more than females during COVID.

Geography: United States

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BAMIndex ID: MN00006
Contributor Name/Organization: Global Initiative for Boys & Men (GIBM)
Contributor URL link: Substack article: Finding a Moral Compass after Lockdowns
Data Source: 1. CDC
2. NIH
3. CDC
Archived PDF of original data source: MN00006-datasource.pdf
Keywords: COVID 19, deaths of despair, media, suicide, alcohol, overdose
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