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Study Reveals Stark Differences in Life Expectancy Across U.S. States Over the Past Century. Some U.S. States Experienced No Improvement From 1900 To 2000 (ysph.yale.edu)
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[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Link to the full study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833159

I was just looking at life expetency and Colorado was in the top three and it was the wealthiest counties (think Aspen) that had the highest rankings. The way traditional life expetency is measured has a heavy correlation between wealth and how long you live. This study appears to be different?