What’s the Most Common Cause of Death in Your County? – CNN

Read article - Ellen Meara, professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and adjunct professor of economics, is quoted about about a new study published by JAMA that revealed the major causes of death for counties across the United States. "It is unique in its ability to track cause-specific death rates in small areas over a long time period, three decades," says Meara, who was not involved in the study.