The DOD Rate-Ratio and Hillary Clinton's Politics on White Males

It’s hard to miss the recent attention being paid to white males over the last several weeks or so. While white males only comprise 29% of the U.S. population, they account for the following when it comes to deaths of despair:

• 61% of all U.S. suicide deaths

• 44% of all unintentional overdose deaths

• 50% of all alcohol related deaths.

• 50% of all deaths of d…