White people in the upper mid-west are a lot healthier and long lived than whites elsewhere
Any sources to back that up? I lived in Chicago for most of my life before moving out to California. I would argue that the (over)large portions of cheese and meat diets of the midwest don't help health and life expectancy.
The McDonalds map has more than one interpretation. Population density is much greater, and city-to-city distance much smaller, in the eastern half of the US. In other words, the great black areas in Nevada are not due to healthful zealots, but empty space where nobody lives.
Any sources to back that up? I lived in Chicago for most of my life before moving out to California. I would argue that the (over)large portions of cheese and meat diets of the midwest don't help health and life expectancy.
according to wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_life_exp..., a quick glance looks pretty even, not separated out by ethnicity.