EDITOR'S NOTE: Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of The Daily Independent. This piece originally appeared in The Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio is becoming a deadlier place to live, according to data from the state health department and analyzed in a report by the Ohio Capital Journal. ... read full story
"The mortality falls into the category of what sociologists call 'deaths of despair' — often indicators of larger ills around economics, access to health care, economic and geographic mobility, racial inequalities and other complex societal problems,"