Ore samples of North Caroliniana inexpertly mined from the Google Public Data Explorer:
– Population density is increasing more rapidly in North Carolina than nationwide.
– In the first half of the 20th century, men outnumbered women in the U.S. — but not in North Carolina, where the sex ratio was virtually equal. Explanation, anyone?
– Note the small sample size (1999-2005), but North Carolina’s age-adjusted cancer rates don’t seem headed in the right direction.
I wonder how the age-adjusted cancer rates correlate with tobacco use?
These 2004 figures put North Carolina at No. 17 in tobacco use
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_tob_use_tot_cur_smo-tobacco-use-total-current-smokers