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Vital Signs: Patterns: In The Upper Great Plains, Lower Mortality RatesMinnesota is to die for — unless you are in a hurry to expire. Related More Vital Signs Columns » Web Link Persistent Clusters of Mortality in the United States (American Journal of Public Health)Researchers have found that Minnesotans and residents of the other Upper Great Plains states have some of the lowest mortality rates in the country. The problem with conventional examinations of variation in mortality rates, the researchers say, is that they tend to be limited to factors like socioeconomic and environmental conditions without taking geography into account. “These findings underscore the importance of further investigation of ‘people versus place’ in the study of mortality,” they write in the December issue of The American Journal of Public Health. The study was led by Jeralynn Sittig Cossman of Mississippi State University. In the long run, of course, the mortality rate for people across the country is the same (100 percent, for those keeping track). But for this study, the researchers looked at 35 years of data and calculated mortality rates over seven, five-year periods. Then they compared the results by county. The researchers were surprised that the Upper Great Plains states fared so well. “Despite economic decline and rapid out-migration,” the study said, “it was the healthiest region.” Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationJerome H. Grossman, Health Care Policy Expert, Is Dead at 68...More Expensive Placebos Bring More Relief... Ground Beef Products Are Subject of Recall After 2 Reports of Illness... Personal Health: Injections to Kick-Start Tissue Repair... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Vital Signs: Patterns: In The Upper Great Plains, Lower Mortality Rates |
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