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As with the rest of the [[North East England|North East]], Hartlepool has in the 21st century seen an increase in social problems such as addiction, unemployment, homelessness and domestic violence. Hartlepool was one of three areas in [[Northern England]] to experience twice the national average rates of Deaths of Despair (fatalities associated with [[drugs]], [[alcohol]] and/or [[suicide]]), with these making making up 70.5 of 100,000 deaths.<ref>[https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/living-in-the-north-of-england-increases-risk-of-death-from-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide/ Living in the North of England increases risk of death from alcohol, drugs and suicide] </ref> As of 2010, the [[abortion]] rate in Hartlepool was also higher than the national average and the nighest overall in the North East, with 19 abortions per every 1,000 women against an average of 17.5 for England and Wales on the whole.

As with the rest of the [[North East England|North East]], Hartlepool has in the 21st century seen an increase in social problems such as addiction, unemployment, homelessness and domestic violence. Hartlepool was one of three areas in [[Northern England]] to experience twice the national average rates of Deaths of Despair (fatalities associated with [[drugs]], [[alcohol]] and/or [[suicide]]), with these making making up 70.5 of 100,000 deaths.<ref>[https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/living-in-the-north-of-england-increases-risk-of-death-from-alcohol-drugs-and-suicide/ Living in the North of England increases risk of death from alcohol, drugs and suicide] </ref> As of 2010, the [[abortion]] rate in Hartlepool was also higher than the national average and the nighest overall in the North East, with 19 abortions per every 1,000 women against an average of 17.5 for England and Wales on the whole.

== Culture ==

== Culture ==

Hartlepool is mentioned in the popular [[Irish]] and American [[Folk music|folk]] song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" ("In eighteen hundred and forty two;

Hartlepool is mentioned in the popular [[Irish]] and American [[Folk music|folk]] song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" ("In eighteen hundred and forty two;