Massachusetts ranks 49th for states where you're most likely to die earlySubmitted by LuckyLaceyKS t3_127l7n9 in massachusetts
supercrooky t1_jefobd9 wrote
Reply to comment by brightlocks in Massachusetts ranks 49th for states where you're most likely to die early by LuckyLaceyKS
The "ranking" is dumb, it's by proportion of early deaths in the state due to accidents, rather than the more informative early death rate due to accidents.
A state can have a high percentage here due to accidents being high and other death rates being more average, or by having an average number of accidents and other death rates being low. West Virginia is the former, Connecticut is the latter.
This is pretty typical amateur hour mistake from someone making blogspam infographics.
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