Deaths by suicide and drugs highest among Generation X People born in the 1960s and 70s stand out as the generation most likely to die by suicide or drug poisoning, data for England and Wales shows.
The higher rate of fatalities began in the 1980s and 90s when people belonging to Generation X were in their 20s, and is still occurring in the now middle-aged cohort, says the Office for National Statistics.
Public Health England says the trend overlaps with patterns of heroin use.
But other factors will also contribute. BBC News
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