Republican policies mean women die earlier, by @DavidOAtkins

Republican policies mean women die earlier

by David Atkins

Social scientists David Kendig and Erika Cheng did a county-by-county study of women's health in the United States from 1992-2006. What they found is that women's health and life expectancies are actually declining in Republican and rural areas.

Here's the map:



There's something oddly familiar about this. Oh, right:



It's a little unfair to blame this on Republicans specifically. Rural areas tend to be poorer, and poverty tends to negatively impact health.

Still, it's hard not to notice the political correlation.


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