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EXCERPTS FROM: The Geography of Death

Scientific American [07/00]

The three leading diseases, which tend to be concentrated in the Southeast, are responsible for much of the higher mortality in that region, where two major risk factors--cigarette smoking and hypertension--are prevalent.

To read the entire article, and to learn the major causes of death in different regions of the country,
please click here:  Scientific American: By the Numbers: The Geography of Death: July 2000