Some states are younger. I’ve always thought of Oregon as a “young person state” but haven’t actually looked at the demographics. I wonder if that’s figuring into Oregon’s low mortality rates? Utah has the lowest median age population in the nation and a population that largely refrains from smoking tobacco. That undoubtedly helps.
Of course, age isn’t always the greatest factor in death rates. Japan’s median age is really old yet due to policies and practices, their death rates have remained low. Had japan done what Trump and DeSantis have done, they’d be Looking at a complete catastrophe. I wonder what policies Oregon has put into place? Do you know? Utah was one of the first states to shut down schools. Then, the dominant religion messaged memebers to encouraging them to wear masks. Ironic that some of the most active members on social media are leading the crusade against masks
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It’ll be interesting in coming years to see which policies were most effective and how genetics, lifestyle, and age effected things.
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