terrykrohe OP t1_j53up5x wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:05 AM

sources:

2020 heart disease mortality
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/heart_disease_mortality/heart_disease.htm
2019 GDP
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/downloadzip.cfm
2018 life expectancy
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/life_expectancy/life_expectancy.htm
tool: Mathematica

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– the dashed lines are the means; the 'boxes' are \[PlusMinus] one standard deviation (SD) from the mean
– the parenthetical percent is the "relative standard deviation" (RSD)

marigolds6 t1_j578kwe wrote on January 20, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Important to note that these are age-adjusted heart disease mortality rates. Similar to cancer, there can be interesting effects on age-adjusted heart disease mortality if a state tends to have extremes (high or low) in early mortality.