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Re:The lingering health effects of the Civil War by gph on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @10:57AM (#10843867)
The more interesting question is what's going on in MN to keep heart disease so low. I'd have thought it would follow the same general pattern of the midwest.
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Re:The lingering health effects of the Civil War by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @02:41PM (#10845459)
Ever since I moved to MN, I've been hearing anecdotes that it's because that the population tends to be very outdoorsy and gets more exercise than in other states. Don't know if it's true at all, but even in winter, I see an awful lot of people out fishing, hunting, etc.
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Re:The lingering health effects of the Civil War by dhuntermn on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @12:00PM (#10844326)
I saw the same thing - MN looks like a flat, frozen corn field in that map. I think the data is suspect.
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Re:The lingering health effects of the Civil War by gozur88 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:39AM (#10848834)
Doesn't MN have a large Scandinavian population? There might be a genetic factor there.
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