{"id":41497,"date":"2011-01-25T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T20:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=41497"},"modified":"2011-01-25T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T20:28:38","slug":"americas-health-problems-by-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/americas-health-problems-by-state\/","title":{"rendered":"America’s Health Problems by State"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jeff Wyaski of Pleated Jeans<\/a> created this map of the United States using information from the census and AmercasHealthRankings.org to illustrate what each state is infamous for in a funny, colorful manner. Here are some of the health-related statistics Wyaski chose to highlight:<\/p>\n

Alabama’s Shame: Stroke<\/strong>
\nOklahoma and Alabama are tied for the highest rates of stroke at 3.8 percent.<\/p>\n

Arizona’s Shame: Highest Rate of Alcoholism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecticut’s Shame: Breast Cancer<\/strong>
\nOn Average, 134.1 out 100,000 have breast cancer in Connecticut, according to StateHealthFacts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Georgia’s Shame: Most Sickly<\/strong>
\nBased on the highest rate of influenza.<\/p>\n

Kansas’ Shame: Poorest Health<\/strong>
\nBased on the highest number of sick days taken per month, at 3.5 per days.<\/p>\n

Kentucky’s Shame: Most Cancer Deaths<\/strong>
\nIt’s not surprising to find out that Kentucky also has the highest rate of tobacco smokers, at 25.6 percent of the population.<\/p>\n

Mississippi’s Shame: Obesity
\n<\/strong>Over 35 percent of this state’s population is obese. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wisconsin’s Shame: Binge Drinking
\n<\/strong>Over 23 percent of this state engages in binge drinking.<\/p>\n

Tell us what you think! How do you think this cart reflects the issues of your state?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jeff Wyaski of Pleated Jeans created this map of the United States using information from the census and AmercasHealthRankings.org to illustrate what each state is infamous for in a funny, colorful manner. Here are some of the health-related statistics Wyaski … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687],"tags":[136,342,6545,3819],"class_list":["post-41497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","tag-alcohol","tag-health","tag-statistics","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41502,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41497\/revisions\/41502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}