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Re:Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized by prawn on Monday October 28, 2013 @07:50PM (#6630695)
How would those look overlaid with poverty/education? Are poor eating habits and smoking significant factors in heart disease and cancer overall?
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Re:Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized by dubfan on Monday October 28, 2013 @08:36PM (#6630934)
I didn't run the numbers but the correlation between poverty/education and cancer+heart disease seems relatively high. The mortality rates for those appear to be highest in the deep South, Appalachia and lower Midwest, which are some of the poorest and least-educated areas of the country.
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