Re: America's Unhealthiest States
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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
The foundation based its rankings on factors including smoking, motor vehicle deaths, heart disease risk, high school graduation rates, children in poverty, prenatal care, access to health insurance, and public spending on healthcare.
It also took into account deaths from and incidence of certain diseases, deaths on the job, infant mortality, and premature death.
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This could be the reason in the difference in rankings. The other magazine may not have taken these factors into consideration.
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