Re:Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
by hotpockets on Monday October 28, 2013 @07:52PM
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Social isolation? Three of the bluest states are Ca, Ny, Il, with the biggest cities.
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Re:Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
by prawn on Monday October 28, 2013 @07:59PM
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Could be.
This suggests that farmers are concentrated in a central strip: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/0...
The map top right here indicates correlation with population density, as you suggested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_populati...
And the first map on this US history page suggests those areas were late to the state party. Would that have had a strong impact? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1...
Re:Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
by dubfan on Monday October 28, 2013 @08:44PM
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Alaska and Nevada have some of the highest rates of suicide, but those areas are not suitable for farming. Another article posted earlier in this thread indicates population density isn't a factor, and the map seems to show that as well (Nebraska and Minnesota have low suicide rates and low density). Date of statehood is nothing more than a coincidence.