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A Northwestern study followed 130,267 babies born in Georgia in 2017 and tracked the fathers’ deaths through 2022. Among the 796 fathers who died within five years, 60 % died from preventable causes. Those deaths included 143 homicides, 142 accidental injuries, 102 suicides, and 93 overdoses, while 296 fathers died of natural causes. The authors describe the preventable deaths as a “huge, missed opportunity” and note that paternal mortality is rarely examined in relation to the transition to parenthood.

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