Dan Writes: So, other posters are right, the overall risk of death has gone down nationwide. Its just that the risk of homicide/suicide has gone up, while death due to natural causes and auto accidents have decreased. Its also probable that upper middle class Texas has more risk factors than Minnesota and Wisconson.
Rob Replies: A co-worker frequently tells me how fatalistic his kids are. They dont expect to live to be 40 and dont seem to really care about the future. When I was in high school I recall that there were several drug overdoses that ended in the deaths of some of my classmates. But my graduating class had around 950 students and the total school population was around 2800. xponent Damn That Gangster Rap Maru rob
