How Your Home Address Correlates to Longevity

Of course, correlation does not imply causation, but common sense suggests that affluence, education, and acceptance of science contribute to longevity. Conversely, ignorance, poor diet and poverty are silent killers.

Other minor points:

Stay away from Sin City (Las Vegas).  Too much drugs, prostitution and gunfire?

And what’s up with northern Maine?  Too many charging caribou?

I would argue that all this is a function of the average age of the population at the time the map was made.  Does living in southern Florida extend one’s life, or were these people old when they got there? My mom will be 97 soon, and I might guess that her life expectancy is somewhere near 105.  When she was born in 1926, it was probably about 70.