GEOG-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lung Cancer, Geotagging, Stomach Cancer
16 Oct 2020
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Different types of cancer throughout the usa. Lung cancer has =high rates in the south due to tobacco usage. Lung cancer is high in big cities because of poor air quality. Mississippi delta region has high lung and tracheal cancer ratews because poor - poor people tend to not have access to healthcare, and use tobacco products regularly. Stomach cancer is high in northern states because arsenic is more common in drinking water. Florida has high rates of lung because people are moving from northern states - where they are exposed to air pollution. Low income areas in atlanta are most likely not going to receive loans from banks. Atlanta"s black are the areas that are low thus do not have a good chance at receiving bank loans. Red lining - this is the illegal action by banks to mark out areas that they will not give people any loans, primarily on the basis of race.
