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Risk of Death by Stroke0 300 600150 Miles

Influence of Poverty on Risk of Deathin the Year 2016

Author: Max SanchezUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Dressler et al, 2005 suggests socioeconomic variables, such as poverty, greatly impact health disparities. This map

represents the age-adjusted death rates of Alheimers and Stroke in relation to a state’s poverty rate in the year 2016.

According to this study,States with lower poverty

rates should have lower risk of death.

The American South displays the highest risk of death for both Alzheimers and Stroke.

As well, the poverty rate across Southern States is

proportionately higher thanmost states. However, many states

do not always display this relationship, suggesting poverty isjust one of numerous factors that

influences risk of deathfrom thesetwo very different

forms of illness.

Age-adjusted death rate is the risk of death relative to a standard population.Age-adjusted rates eliminate bias from

unequal age distributions.

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Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia were Purposefully Omitted from this MapProjection: Albers Equal Area Conic

Scale 1:15,000,000Data acquired from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The top 10

Leading Causes of Death in the Year 2016and the

U.S. Census Bureau Poverty Percentage by U.S. State in the Year 2016Continental U.S. acquired from U.S. Census Bureau 2017

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