[rarestia]

Do they have fewer divorces because fewer actually get married in the first place?

Boom! Exactly what I was going to say. Compare unwed child rearing in general, and I'd bet the south has the north beat in all categories for morality.

[Trumpinator]

Boom! Exactly what I was going to say. Compare unwed child rearing in general, and I’d bet the south has the north beat in all categories for morality.

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Prove it with statistics. South seems to violate a lot of commandments. The top murder states seem to be in the south.

NATIONWIDE MURDER RATES

BY 2014 RANK, HIGHEST TO LOWEST
(other years shown for comparison)
MURDER RATES PER 100,000 PEOPLE

[Labyrinthos]

I'd bet the south has the north beat in all categories for morality.

Of the 17 states with mortality rates above the national average, 13 are southern and border states. Of the top ten states with the longest longevity, six are in the northeast. Indeed, New York has the fourth lowest mortality rate, whereas Texas has the 17th worst.

http://www.statisticbrain.com/death-rate-by-state/