I noticed this on CNN. Something to think about, since it would seem that those in the South would be eating a higher meat diet and/or be *closer* to what some would consider a modern paleo/atkins-type of diet. Anybody else care to comment?: http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/conditions/02/20/stroke.deaths.ap/index.html . CDC: How does your state rank in stroke deaths? ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The first county-by-county atlas of U.S. stroke deaths confirmed in graphic detail Thursday that Southerners and blacks are more likely to die from strokes than other Americans.