Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths in the U.S.

Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by xrd on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:37PM (#37550017)

Interesting that this was created by a Florida professor but Florida is the only southern state where it is mapped almost entirely "white"; completely different than the other Southern states that are red indicating high mortality.

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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by lisper on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:39PM (#37550030)

Only Southern Florida, which is where a lot of expats go to retire. Northern Florida looks like the rest of the South.

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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by paulcole on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:43PM (#37550058)

There’s no conspiracy here.

North Florida (where I grew up) is part of The South. South Florida is not part of The South.

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Re:Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths i... by xrd on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:11PM (#37550268)

I live in Central Florida, so let's split the difference? ;)

I agree with you mostly but if you look at the Opportunity Atlas (https://www.opportunityatlas.org/) all of Florida looks pretty bad. But I suppose that doesn't all correlate to gun violence?

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