Volume 11 — July 03, 2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Geographical Variation in Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older US Adults, 1997–2010
The West (combining the Pacific and Mountain divisions) includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming; the Midwest (combining the West North Central and East North Central divisions), Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; the Northeast (combining the New England and Middle Atlantic regions), Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; and the South (combining the West South Central, East South Central, and South Atlantic divisions), Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Figure. States were grouped into West, Midwest, Northeast, and South, according to US Census regions and divisions (15).
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