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How does life expectancy compare between, say, the Pacific Northwest, and the Deep South? I'd like to see that first before I homogenize the entire US and comp
by rootusrootus 4y ago
How does life expectancy compare between, say, the Pacific Northwest, and the Deep South? I'd like to see that first before I homogenize the entire US and compare to a small country in Europe. E.g. obesity rates vary considerably around the US.
- HNDen21 4y agoPeople living in cities like New York City also live longer.... They walk a lot compared to suburbs where you have to drive everywhere
- rootusrootus 4y agoThat could be true, though as a suburbanite myself, I have to say that what we seem to do most is walk & run. It's just not forced. After the first few miles of walking per day, I don't think the extra really contributes significantly more health benefits.
- batshibstein 4y agoIt's more the downside of automobile usage, statistically, than the upside of exercise, although I'm sure both factor in.
- dmoy 4y agoWashington State life expectancy is like 80 years. Alabama is maybe 75. The best US states are at about the EU average.
- rootusrootus 4y agoThat sounds like a good, if informal argument that obesity is a primary factor. Or maybe exercise, which is certainly going to be correlated with obesity. You can be fit and still overweight, for sure, but only to a limited extent.