ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the Trump states had a much higher incidence of mortality below age 75 from coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, and shows that the patterns of these mortalities tied closely with socioeconomic factors in the Trump states. It examines the state-level geography of 2015 obesity prevalence and diabetes mortality rate in the three age ranges: 45–54, 55–64, and 65–74. The chapter discusses the associations of obesity 2007/2009 and of 2015 obesity with diabetes, heart, and cerebrovascular mortality within the two sets of states. Obesity poses a risk for coronary heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, fatty liver, joint problems, problems of peripheral circulation and neuropathy, and many other health impairments, as well as for type 2 diabetes. In the age range 55–64, the Trump states again had more and stronger associations of diabetes mortality rate with socioeconomic factors. Heart, cerebrovascular, and diabetes mortalities rank among the top-ten killers in the US.
