Given the mood alerting properties of lithium, are people living here chiller than would be expected (controlling for instance for poverty / SES) ?
Given the mood alerting properties of lithium, are people living here chiller than would be expected (controlling for instance for poverty / SES) ?
[1] https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/lithium-in-drinking-water-linked-...
Infant mortality rate? 3rd most deadly for babies.
Poverty rate? 7th poorest.
Homicide rate? 7th most dangerous.
Obesity rate? 3rd fattest.
Practically any map of any measurable statistic where states are colored red for "bad" and green for "good" Arkansas will be a deep, blood, red.
But it is rude to point that out.
Highest poverty rate?
Lowest literacy rate?
Last in opportunity?
8th worst in public safety?
If you guessed California, you'd be right.
Sweeping generalities and handpicked metrics do not tell an entire story.
No I wouldn't.
California's poverty rate is lower than Arkansas', and California's literacy rate is higher five other states' (practically tied with Arkansas).
https://data.ers.usda.gov/reports.aspx?ID=17826#P675e89693a5...
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/skillsmap/src/PDF/STATE.pd...
Also, I'm in California right now for work.
It suuuuuuuuuuuuucks. Places with billboards aren't my vibe and when every other one is an ad for a personal injury or drunk driving attorney the place is DEFINITELY not for me.
Still not as bad as Arkansas, though.