Citation

Phillips JA. Sociol. Forum 2016; 31(3): 716-719.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Eastern Sociological Society, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/socf.12280

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article is a response to Young's (2016) essay on high white death rates in Kansas. I argue that a focus on external causes would further help researchers theorize about how and why certain behavioral factors link declining white populations to various mortality changes. Additional work that examines changing mortality patterns by sex and race and that extends analyses to the entire nation will provide further tests of Young's thesis. In this context, I encourage researchers to consider how intergenerational comparisons and cohort effects may produce some of the observed patterns. © 2016 Eastern Sociological Society

Language: en

Keywords

suicide; public health; stress; cohort effects; reference group theory; social problems; white middle-age mortality