Chances are good it’s heart disease.
"The reason for the exclusions was to create more geographic variation," he wrote. "Heart disease and cancer, the top two leading causes of deaths in every state, account for more deaths than the next eight causes of death combined."
Notably, there are still only five causes represented: Stroke, respiratory disease, accidents, and the intentionally absent heart disease and cancer.
"I was surprised accidents beat out many other diseases," Blatt told BuzzFeed. "The map seems to confirm a few geographic stereotypes people may have — for instance, other than heart disease and cancer, 'accidents' affect Florida more than any other cause of death. However, as it turns out Florida is only the 16th ranked state when it comes to accidents — it just has unusually low age-adjusted death rates for diseases like respiratory diseases and strokes."
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Ben Blatt / Via slate.com
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