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Shocking study reveals mortality rates for women are increasing in over 43% of U.S. counties compared to just 3.4% for men

A startling map has revealed female death rates are rising across 43 per cent of U.S. counties compared to just 3.4 per cent of counties for men.  
The findings were reported by two public health experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who looked at the rates of death for men and women aged 75 and under between 1992 and 2006.
It means 1,334 counties in the U.S. had increased mortality rates for women in the 14 year period while only 108 counties had increased rates for men.
Map: The map reveals the areas where mortality rates for women under the age of 75 are substantially improving, improving and worsening
Map: The map reveals the areas where mortality rates for women under the age of 75 are substantially improving, improving and worsening
The mismatch is extremely worrying for U.S. women particularly as it comes against the backdrop of publicly-funded efforts to improve health for both sexes. 
The study was carried out by David A. Kindig, a professor emeritus of population health sciences and founder of the Population Health Institute, and Erika R. Cheng, a doctoral candidate at the School of Medicine and Public Health.
 
They did not find what caused the differences between men and women but found socioeconomic factors as well as prevalence of smoking in a county accounted for increased mortality rates.
They called for a change in health policy to reflect their findings
'Mortality rates are falling in most US counties, but we found a large number of counties with no reductions in female mortality rates during the study period,' the study said.
Causes? The study did not find what accounted for the difference in men and women but found mortality increased in areas where people were more likely to smoke and decreased in areas of high population density and where people earned bigger salaries
Causes? The study did not find what accounted for the difference in men and women but found mortality increased in areas where people were more likely to smoke and decreased in areas of high population density and where people earned bigger salaries
Causes? The study did not find what accounted for the difference in men and women but found mortality increased in areas where people were more likely to smoke and decreased in areas of high population density and where people earned bigger salaries [FILE PHOTOS]
'We identified a number of factors most strongly associated with mortality change, including education levels, the region the county was located in, and smoking rates.'
'Our results underscore the complicated policy reality that there is no single silver bullet for population health improvement.' 
'Investments in all determinants of health—including health care, public health, health behaviors, and residents’ social and physical environments—will be required.'
According to the research, counties with higher population densities saw greater reductions in female mortality rates, as did counties with high average household incomes and a higher percentage of college graduates.
In areas where there was a high percentage of adult smokers there was an increased mortality rate.
Counties in the south and west had the highest increase in female mortality rates over the period.
'Many people believe that medical care and individual behaviors such as exercise, diet, and smoking are the primary reasons for declines in health,' the study said.
'We did find significant associations between mortality rates and some of these factors, such as smoking rates for both sexes. But socioeconomic factors such as the percentage of a county’s population with a college education and the rate of children living in poverty had equally strong or stronger relationships to fluctuations in mortality rates.'

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