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Maps of Appalachia -- poverty rates, life expectancy, etc. & mountaintop removal mining [View all]
These maps show the correlation between poverty, death and disease and areas of concentrated mountaintop removal mining.
Life expectancy:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.kcHFmArf7Cm0&hl=en
Poverty rates:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.kUqwVDYjQc2Y&hl=en
Deaths from Respiratory Disease:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.kRzuWeFVoygc&hl=en
Deaths from Chronic Cardiovascular Disease:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.kr8ka3CrK2xc&hl=en
Deaths from all causes:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.k3EzunVJEdec&hl=en
Population change by county in Appalachia:
https://maps.google.com/gallery/details?id=z_6xxpWaIDwg.kaGH-8am6Ai8&hl=en
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