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by emj 2981 days ago
It's actually worse, because you have to factor in media attention, advertisement, bias etc to things that makes the problem worse; e.g. most of those hearts and respitory deaths can be attributed to pollution and lack of exercise, that means the car and all that it brings.

You are inundated with positive coverage of cars all over, they are vehemently supported in most pieces and comments. Pair that with;

    Heart Disease              10.388 Under
    Car Accidents               2.285 Under
    Lower Respiratory Disease   3.520 Under