Growing ‘mortality gap’ detected between Democratic and Republican counties
Researchers examined mortality rates and federal and state election data for all counties in the U.S. from 2001 to 2019. The team found what they call a ‘mortality gap’ — a widening difference between age-adjusted death rates in counties that had voted for a Democrat or a Republican in previous presidential and governor elections.
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