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• The top 4 binge drinking states are all in the Midwest.
• Cancer death rates among residents of DC are the highest in the US, so it's no surprise they're more likely to try kicking the butts.
• Mississippi has the highest death rate, but also the highest amount of health spending as a percent of the overall gross state product.
• In a twelve year period (1991 to 2003), California saw a 46% drop in teen birth rates, the second largest decrease in the US.
• You betcha hey! Minnesotans can make a strong claim to being the most physically fit in the nation.
• Those who have survived the drive might know: Montana has the highest motor vehicle death rate in the US.
• The HIV death rate for America is 4.9 per 100,000 people; the HIV death rate for District of Columbia is 40.8 per 100,000 people.
• From 2000 to 2004, the uninsured population in Texas increased by 825,635. New York decreased by 351,547 in the same period.
• Ship off grandma to Sheboygan: on average, Wisconsin has the best nursing homes.
• New York has the fifth highest percentage of poor mental health, but is dead last in per capita number of suicides.
• For every 1,000 live births in New York, there are 500 abortions.

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