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Hospitals in the American South 70% More Likely to Kill You
io9.com — A study released today by hospital rating organization HealthGrades shows that people in the nation's highest-ranked hospitals (most of which are in the midwest) are 70% less likely to die than those in the lowest-ranked (most of which are in the south).
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- davincih, on 10/14/2008, -0/+6As if being forced to live in the South wasn't already bad enough.
- schkura, on 10/14/2008, -0/+7I live in Mississippi. 70% of everything here is more likely to kill you.
- algaeturd, on 10/15/2008, -1/+5Wait...aren't most of those RED states? They're 70% more likely to be WRONG so it makes sense that they're 70% more likely to die a the hand of hospitals run by those in the region.
- angusm, on 10/15/2008, -0/+1Showing a connection between this and policies on science-teaching in schools is left as an exercise for the reader.
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