Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
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References
[1] measureofamerica.org/maps/?state^life_expect^all_all^Health^health
[2] dhhr.wv.gov/HSC/SS/Vital_Statistics/Documents/Vital2019.pdf
[3] statista.com/statistics/193290/unemployment-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990/; statista.com/statistics/190813/unemployment-rate-in-west-virginia-since-1992
[4] charlottesweb.com/where-in-us-poorest-mental-health
[5] npr.org/2016/12/22/506550248/drug-firms-make-millions-by-sending-opioid-pills-to-w-va-report-says
[6] arc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/West-Virginia-ARC-4-YR-Plan-FY-2022.pdf
[7] researchgate.net/publication/261410553_The_Flatness_of_US_States
[8] bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-9/forty-years-of-falling-manufacturing-employment.htm
[9] nam.org/state-manufacturing-data/2021-west-virginia-manufacturing-facts/#:~:text=Manufacturers%20in%20West%20Virginia%20account,employing%207.01%25%20of%20the%20workforce