Life Expectancy at Birth and People who didn't finish high school, by Congressional District (graphic)

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[Jenn! 918]

That site is very cool.

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Yes, it is.

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I don't think you can draw any correlations directly between education and life expectancy. I would think income (which is effected by education) would be more directly correlated to life expectancy.

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I don't think you can draw any correlations directly between education and life expectancy.

And I don't think you can draw any correlation directly between the size of your TV and the size of a whale's #######. So it's a good thing no one was trying to draw that correlation, huh?

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And I don't think you can draw any correlation directly between the size of your TV and the size of a whale's #######. So it's a good thing no one was trying to draw that correlation, huh?

If I insert the name, buttmunch, into this sentence, please don't think that it has anything to do with what I'm trying to say.

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anyway - to clarify - those are two separate series of data. No correlation is implied.

[Jenn! 918]

I don't think you can draw any correlations directly between education and life expectancy. I would think income (which is effected by education) would be more directly correlated to life expectancy.

Not necessarily true. For example, I would expect the average education as well as life expectancy around major research hospitals to be higher. People with close access to quality medical care will have higher life expectancies.

anyway - to clarify - those are two separate series of data. No correlation is implied.

The correlation is evident from the graphics.

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Not necessarily true. For example, I would expect the average education as well as life expectancy around major research hospitals to be higher. People with close access to quality medical care will have higher life expectancies.

Without the benefit of any research at all, I imagine education has a stronger influence on life expectancy at birth because educated parents are more likely to not smoke while pregnant, take their vitamins, lead a generally healthier life. Less educated parents are more likely to have unhealthier lifestyles and also have more hazardous work environments.

The correlation is evident from the graphics.

I don't see it. Life expectancies are poor in the SE. Education levels are poor in the SE and the SW. Whatever correlation may exist is likely weak.

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[Jenn! 918]

Without the benefit of any research at all, I imagine education has a stronger influence on life expectancy at birth because educated parents are more likely to not smoke while pregnant, take their vitamins, lead a generally healthier life. Less educated parents are more likely to have unhealthier lifestyles and also have more hazardous work environments.

It sounds like you're assuming that the most influential component of life expectancy is what happens in the womb. "Life expectancy at birth" does not mean life expectancy due only to pre-birth factors.

I think the infant mortality graph is more relevant when looking at the factors you've mentioned.

I don't see it. Life expectancies are poor in the SE. Education levels are poor in the SE and the SW. Whatever correlation may exist is likely weak.

NE - high life expectancy, low % <HS

SE - low life expectancy, high % <HS

Then look at individual states elsewhere: NV - low life expectancy, high % <HS; CO - high life expectancy, low % <HS.

I could go on, but I think the correlation is fairly strong, actually.

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It sounds like you're assuming that the most influential component of life expectancy is what happens in the womb. "Life expectancy at birth" does not mean life expectancy due only to pre-birth factors.

I am assuming that because I assume most kids die early? And because a lot of problems that affect us in middle and old age were because of nutrient deficiencies in utero. Again, this is stuff I've read and/or heard. I'm not a medical expert so I don't know.

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NE - high life expectancy, low % <HS

SE - low life expectancy, high % <HS

Then look at individual states elsewhere: NV - low life expectancy, high % <HS; CO - high life expectancy, low % <HS.

I could go on, but I think the correlation is fairly strong, actually.

Check out the border districts along Texas, Arizona and California. Those have significant populations and the correlation doesn't appear to hold.

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I am assuming that because I assume most kids die early? And because a lot of problems that affect us in middle and old age were because of nutrient deficiencies in utero. Again, this is stuff I've read and/or heard. I'm not a medical expert so I don't know.

Hmmm, I think lifestyle is far more determinant of our life expectancy - even when considering current research indicating long-term effects of in utero factors.

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Hmmm, I think lifestyle is far more determinant of our life expectancy - even when considering current research indicating long-term effects of in utero factors.

You could be right. Conversations involving the word uterus or any variation thereof... are well out of my comfort zone

[Jenn! 918]

Check out the border districts along Texas, Arizona and California. Those have significant populations and the correlation doesn't appear to hold.

Duh, the Mexicans are distorting our data!

In any case, I don't think some exceptions mean that the correlation is weak. I would say that all the factors available in those maps are highly correlated, relatively speaking. The whole point is to show the correlation between education, income, and health.