The 20-year life expectancy gap inside the United States
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Women and men blended stats? Either way, the best live longest where the snow flies.
I don't really get that from this graphic. In fact, maybe Tampa Bay and a few others, including most of Florida and the west coast of California beat that area.
Anyway, since everything is "known to cause harm" according to the state of California, I would expect the entire state to be dark blue.
I wonder why that isn't the case?
This is a very similar map to obesity maps...not at all climate related.
Poor people more likely to have poor diets and bad habits, Severe weather/rough terrain deters capital investment to spur job growth, Poor education.
Or where hurricanes and tornadoes are avoided.
1) Income gap means access to different healthcare
2) Southern diet can be very unhealthy
3) Genetics? I don't want to speculate but population who were kidnapped for hard labor back then were not selected for longevity by the kidnappers, so once they are freed from captivity would not have the same life expectancy due to the selection priority forced on their ancestors.
4) High income society tend to flex more on "I look fitter than you" peer pressure. I am sure you will see more plastic surgery, steroid, and diet pill sales in those higher income area as well.
Hurricane likely isn't the cause since Florida men have higher life expectancy than LA / AL.
2) Southern diet can be very unhealthy
3) Genetics? I don't want to speculate but population who were kidnapped for hard labor back then were not selected for longevity by the kidnappers, so once they are freed from captivity would not have the same life expectancy due to the selection priority forced on their ancestors.
4) High income society tend to flex more on "I look fitter than you" peer pressure. I am sure you will see more plastic surgery, steroid, and diet pill sales in those higher income area as well.
Hurricane likely isn't the cause since Florida men have higher life expectancy than LA / AL.
Not surprising at all. Some of those states are very poor and thus, their citizens deal with poor nutrition, healthcare, etc.
One of the best things that could be done to promote the general health of the population would be to ban sugary and highly processed drinks and snacks from being purchased with SNAP and other welfare programs.
The farmland area is the light blue part. Migrant workers and life stress of farm work, blue collar work, etc diluting the coastal urban population I guess?
It is interesting, you could correlate all sorts of socio economic factors for with average life span.
And fast food. I remember seeing Burger King have big banner ad saying they accept EBT.
I'm not really sure that's the reason, but a good theory just the same. I knew some migrant farm workers that would travel from Florida to Ohio to pick watermelons, they quit doing that because the melons there were too large and heavy. Couldn't make as much money...now that's some stress after a 14 hr drive!
Money and diet have little to do with this statistical anomaly.
My theory is that gravity is higher in the red areas than blue. This also accounts for the fact that people in red areas are generally shorter also.
My theory is that gravity is higher in the red areas than blue. This also accounts for the fact that people in red areas are generally shorter also.
Roughly a swing of 10% across the country. Included in that is male versus female.
I think pretty much shows personal choice and how you take care of yourself makes all the difference in the world.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-12.pdf
I think pretty much shows personal choice and how you take care of yourself makes all the difference in the world.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-12.pdf
But most of them would not be directly causal. Diet, fitness, and to a lesser extent genetics are the only longevity factors that are truly relevant. Everything else is only indirectly related to those factors and most other claims or theories are posited as attempts at blame shifting or are merely agenda driven.
For some reason higher socioeconomic status is associated with a longer life span, on average. Whether you think it should be or not, it is.
That is true where there is universal healthcare too, so that isn't it (or at least not all of it). Do wealthier people get better health care even where there is universal heath care? Possibly.
Better diet? Less obesity because of the better diet? Smoking/Non Smoking (do wealthier people not smoke or smoke less - possibly)? Safer jobs? Better housing (overcrowding is associated with a higher infectious disease risk)? Less financial stress (I doubt this one though)?
That is true where there is universal healthcare too, so that isn't it (or at least not all of it). Do wealthier people get better health care even where there is universal heath care? Possibly.
Better diet? Less obesity because of the better diet? Smoking/Non Smoking (do wealthier people not smoke or smoke less - possibly)? Safer jobs? Better housing (overcrowding is associated with a higher infectious disease risk)? Less financial stress (I doubt this one though)?
New England vs South Texas would only be a 0.8% difference for example. Hardly a factor.
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