I don't know, a lot of the red is over pretty rural areas in the south and parts of the southwest, and the majority of the most rural parts of the country are "not significant".

Also that big blue part in the middle covers some very large cities.

[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago

All kinds of medical regulation, financing etc. could lead to differences like this.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 5 points 8 months ago

The 'not significant' part could be due to low numbers in general, so they can't get the variances small enough to get low p numbers. It's a quote that I can't quite remember perfectly that is well known in sociology/psychology: "The only reason our findings aren't significant is because we're too damn lazy to drag enough people in for the study."

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Map can be interpreted as "if you look for something, you'll find it."

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Could also be effects of air pollution or something. There’s not enough information to tell.

But yeah, maps like this are almost always cities doing things differently than rural areas.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The middle of nowhere Montana has more pollution than downtown Dallas?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Well the point was more “unknown environmental effects” rather than air pollution specifically.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Isn’t the oil industry doing stuff up in Montana?

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Could represent genetic distribution. Autism is heritable.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah. Could also be that spending time outside also helps. (The causation might be reversed though).