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Report: 'Premature' death rate rising

DULUTH — Drug overdoses are contributing to a disturbing increase in premature deaths nationwide, according to an annual county-by-county report released today.

Authors of the 2017 County Health Rankings Report, which uses the most recent available data, define a premature death as any death from any cause before the age of 75. The rate consists of the years of potential life lost in a county per 100,000 population. In St. Louis County, for instance, that rate was 6,500 in 2015; in Douglas County it was 6,700. Both are higher than the average for their respective states.

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