Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
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Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
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Re: Show HN: Mortality Rates in the US Visualized
#2One interesting thing I learned from this is how highly correlated mortality from heart disease and cancer are. They're quite different types of disease, but perhaps what they have in common is that they're diseases of civilization in the sense of being caused by de facto "toxins" (I don't mean this literally) of industrialized life like processed foods, lack of exercise, cigarettes, etc.
Is there local data about possible causes of mortality? If so that might be a good thing to add.
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#3Is it only me, or is California suspiciously low in almost every single category? Why would that be?
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#4Is it only me, or is California suspiciously low in almost every single category? Why would that be?
Suspicious in relation to what? Deaths per 100,000 is a relative measure and wouldn't be higher just because CA's population is large.
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#5What would be behind the suicide strip just in from the West coast? Struggling farmers? (I'm not from the US, so not overly familiar with all the states and what they're known for.)
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#6Is it only me, or is California suspiciously low in almost every single category? Why would that be?
Suspicious in relation to what? Deaths per 100,000 is a relative measure and wouldn't be higher just because CA's population is large.
What I actually meant by suspicious is that it's uniformly low across many categories which at first sight look unrelated (e.g. cancer and firearms)
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#7One interesting thing I learned from this is how highly correlated mortality from heart disease and cancer are. They're quite different types of disease, but perhaps what they have in common is that they're diseases of civilization in the sense of being caused by de facto "toxins" (I don't mean this literally) of industrialized life like processed foods, lack of exercise, cigarettes, etc. Is there local data about po…
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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#8What would be behind the suicide strip just in from the West coast? Struggling farmers? (I'm not from the US, so not overly familiar with all the states and what they're known for.)
Social isolation? Three of the bluest states are Ca, Ny, Il, with the biggest cities.
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#9This is absolutely sluggish in firefox 24, but runs like butter in chrome. Does anyone have a similar experience?
It looks like New Yorkers look both way when they cross the street.
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#10This is a fascinating tool you've put together. One can look at all sorts of interesting contrasts and/or patterns from it.
One that I found interesting is that Washington and Florida have among the lowest rates for the flu, on complete opposite corners of the map and with what most would say are very different climates.
I was also surprised that the flu kills more per 100,000 than alcohol, firearms, or vehicles. It doesn't seem to get the press that those others do.