White Men Have the Highest Suicide Rates and the Highest Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder at Midlife. New Research Says the Same Forces That Built Their Advantage Are Building Their Crisis.
A study published in the American Journal of Public Health on April 30, 2026, offers a conclusion that cuts against the dominant frame of every conversation about white male identity in contemporary America: the structural systems that advantage white men are also, in measurable ways, killing them. The research — conducted by Derek M. Griffith…