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"Suicide rates among middle-age Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of eco
by guard-of-terra 14y ago
"Suicide rates among middle-age Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm"
I don't live in the USA, but are't baby boomers supposed to be older than "middle-age" now?
- noblethrasher 14y agoThe youngest boomers will be in their late forties or early fifties.
- pat_punnu 14y ago49 to 67
- omni 14y agoThey are using the term "middle-aged" to describe a person between the ages of 35 and 64.[1] The "Baby Boom" is generally described as having occurred between 1946 and 1964.[2] Therefore, there will still be middle-aged Baby Boomers until 2029. [1]: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?s_cid=mm6217a1_w http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6217a1.htm?s_cid=... [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_baby_boom#Definition_of_the_boom_years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_baby_...