Question
Scholarly interest in this concept spiked in response to a 2015 paper examining "all-cause mortality of middle-aged white non-Hispanic men and women." For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this alliterative term that Anne Case and Angus Deaton used to denote deaths caused by economic and social insecurity, like suicides and overdoses.
ANSWER: deaths of despair
[10e] Addiction to this class of drugs causes many deaths of despair. These drugs are exemplified by oxycodone and fentanyl.
ANSWER: opioids [accept opiates; prompt on narcotics; prompt on painkillers or pain relievers or pain medications or pain drugs]
[10m] Deaths of despair are more common among people with low values of this variable. Thomas Piketty coined the term "brahmin left" to describe a political faction with high levels of this variable.
ANSWER: education [or educational attainment or schooling]
<Social Science - Social Science - Sociology>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. Stevenson A | Innovation Academy A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Belmont | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Strake Jesuit A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Eastchester | Johns Creek | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hinsdale Central A | Lindbergh | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hunter A | Lexington | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Lambert A | Northview | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Montgomery Blair A | Audrain County AT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northmont | Richard Montgomery | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Strake Jesuit B | Alabama Cyber Tech | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Fremd | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Westwood | Walter Payton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 11.67 | 100% | 8% | 8% |