I’m from swva. Scott County is like two hours from Roanoke over mountains.
Interesting that you bring up SWVA. Both of the cancer clusters I've posted on recently are in SWVA, and SWVA as a whole has a cancer death rate well above both the statewide average and the national average. Here is a map from a government website which proves this to be the case. As you can see, SWVA jumps out in red. It has a lot more cancer deaths than the rest of the state.
Virginia's statewide annual cancer death rate is ~145 deaths per 100K people. The national annual cancer death rate is even lower: ~141 deaths per 100K people. However, in Scott County, the annual cancer death rate is ~176 deaths per 100K people. In Salem/Roanoke, where Roanoke College is located, the annual cancer death rate is even higher: ~184 deaths per 100K people. Rates are even worse in coal country.
Very scary. Here's the link to a post on a Roanoke College
https://www.reddit.com/r/Infographics/s/iR8MKqTbV4
Was that area historically a mining area?
I'm about to GTFO of Virginia what the heck?
Doesn’t Virginia have a ton of data centers?
They’re in different parts of the state. Roanoke is in the south in the mountains, the data centers are in the northern part by DC.
I know you think this is a great post but I’m from swva. Scott County is like two hours from Roanoke over mountains.
Not trying to diminish the cancer but come on!
SWVA (as you understand it) does not make lead to cancer or the stoke the reaction of epidemiologists.
Use ChatGPT to learn about causation/correlation.
Interesting that you bring up SWVA. Both of the cancer clusters I've posted on recently are in SWVA, and SWVA as a whole has a cancer death rate well above both the statewide average and the national average. Here is a map from a government website which proves this to be the case. As you can see, SWVA jumps out in red. It has a lot more cancer deaths than the rest of the state.
Virginia's statewide annual cancer death rate is ~145 deaths per 100K people. The national annual cancer death rate is even lower: ~141 deaths per 100K people. However, in Scott County, the annual cancer death rate is ~176 deaths per 100K people. In Salem/Roanoke, where Roanoke College is located, the annual cancer death rate is even higher: ~184 deaths per 100K people. Rates are even worse in coal country.
Impossible
Ok buddy