You Can't Understand American Politics Without Reading This Study

...As you would expect, every age and ethnic/racial grouping has continued to see a steady reduction of morbidity (disease) and increase in lifespans for decades. But there's one major exception: middle aged (45-54) white people. Since roughly 1998, disease and death rates for middle aged white men and women has begun to rise...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/you-can-t-understand-american-politics-without-reading-this-study