It's dangerous -- and downright unhealthy -- to be a young man in Mexico these days. According to Mexico's National Institute for Statistics and Geography, in 2011 homicide was the leading cause of death among men ages 15 to 34. While murder is among the top causes of death for this age group in many parts of the world, Mexico's homicide rate increased dramatically from 8.1 per 100,000, in 2007, to 23.7 per 100,000, in 2011, amid escalating violence connected to the federal government's campaign against drug trafficking organizations. The violence has taken a particularly brutal toll on young Mexican men, who are the most likely to be recruited into the cartels' activities, and raises the question of how the United States can collaborate with Mexico in addressing the issue.
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