Interesting mortality map

[Aloha_Shooter]

http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_50/1182694/health-jama-cardivascular-death-map-today-161216_e54c15fa3fa5f625c5b812d3f0ed3e7c.today-inline-large.jpg

Colorado looks good on this map but not entirely sure why.

[Zundfolge]

Lots of outdoor activities here. Skiing, hiking, biking, those nutters that climb the incline.

[Sawin]

Colorado is the "fittest" state in the nation... Statistically, we're the most active, so our cardiovascular systems are the healthiest.

[DenverGP]

Additionally, people with advanced heart disease and similar problems (respiratory, etc) might be more likely to move away from here due to the thinner air. I know my mother in law couldn't come visit from texas because she had heart and lung problems.

[Zundfolge]

Additionally, people with advanced heart disease and similar problems (respiratory, etc) might be more likely to move away from here due to the thinner air. I know my mother in law couldn't come visit from texas because she had heart and lung problems.

One of the guys I work with is moving back to Texas (after living out here for more than 20 years) because his wife is having some heart issues.

[CS1983]

The area in red is littered with obese people. Former roommate was from Missouri and he said he looked around once at his friends and realized he was the fittest guy there and he was like 240 pounds of lard at the time.

[MarkCO]

Not surprising. Some of the largest people I have ever seen live in the mid-south. Several of those areas have the highest concentrations of fast food joints as well. Active lifestyle and people who work ranches account for a lot of CO outside the metro areas.

I bet the number of hours on a couch, or playing video games equates to a similar distribution.

[SideShow Bob]

Lots of meth production & use in those red zones too.... So I've heard anyway........

[Gman]

It's obvious. The Mississippi river kills people.

[ray1970]

Florida looks pretty healthy too. You'd think with all the old people down there there would be a bit more red.

[Irving]

Florida looks pretty healthy too. You'd think with all the old people down there there would be a bit more red.

Not to mention everything else Florida has to offer...

[MarkCO]

Florida looks pretty healthy too. You'd think with all the old people down there there would be a bit more red. FL, like AZ, has a huge migratory population and a lot of them, even if they are there full time, keep their home state address and property.

[68Charger]

Florida looks pretty healthy too. You'd think with all the old people down there there would be a bit more red.

says it was "age standardized"... which I presume means that it's weighted so aging population doesn't affect the results..

Lots of generalizations being guessed at, and some of them may be correct- But you could live in the middle of the red zone and NOT have any higher risk if you lived a healthy lifestyle...

[cstone]

It's obvious. The Mississippi river kills people.

Where is the outrage? Dry it up for the children!

[Gman]

Where is the outrage? Dry it up for the children!
Preach it brother!!!

[Bailey Guns]

It's obvious. The Mississippi river kills people.

That was my takeaway, too.

[StagLefty]

Dudes it's the weed !!! We're so calm !!!!

[BushMasterBoy]

Mississippi river fried food belt!

[Skip]

Where is the outrage? Dry it up for the children!

[LOL]


Where's that college vid of the students signing the petition to ban H2O? It kills!

[Gman]

Dihydrogen monoxide kills so many. Somebody needs to do something....for the children. Even if it only saves one life, isn't it worth it?