This is a fascinating look at the spread of disease. I have another map somewhere which shows access to healthy food options, and there's a direct correlation. I'll hunt it out and post it.
The map is interesting because it shows that 'lifestyle' diseases are geographically based. The next step of course is working out what it is about those areas that makes them unhealthy .. urban form? Access to fresh food? Transport infrastructure? Culture?
It would be very interesting to do a similar mapping exercise in Australia and work out if we also have geographic clusters of disease.
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