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Stoo_Pedassol t1_je0ntd1 wrote

Why are Montana, Florida, and New Jersey white? Is that bad?

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phdoofus t1_je0rhn2 wrote

If you go to their data link, there are multiple images. Rather than choosing the map showing overall rates for all groups, they chose the 'non-hispanic black adults' map for some reason. Hence, the white bits are labelled 'insufficient data'. Given the number of blacks at least in MT, this is not surprising. Still, kind of stupid to present obesity data for only part of the entire US population and then show heart disease rates for all demographics

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-trentacles- t1_je3sbkf wrote

Also I might add, 26% of Florida is Hispanic making it the 2nd largest racial group followed by black/African American at 17% and the largest ethnicity/race is white at 52%… so you can see how excluding 83% of population might create inconclusive results…

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