The Most Common Cause Of Death In Each Of The 50 States

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A decades-long study by the CDC concluded that each American state bears its own unique cause of death.

Here's what they found:


Alabama: Moonshine poisoning.

Alaska: Moose.

Arizona: Wyatt Earp.

Arkansas: Hillary Clinton.

California: Communism.

Colorado: Watching a Rockies game.

Connecticut: Lyme disease.

Delaware: Heart attack after Joe Biden sneaks up on you and sniffs your hair.

Florida: Tie between old age and alligator attack.

Georgia: Losing a fiddle battle with the Devil.

Hawaii: Paying $500,000 in rent for a hut. And then dying.

Idaho: Paying $500,000 in rent in Boise when you could have lived in Hawaii for the same amount. And then dying.

Illinois: Being a fan of the Chicago Bears, Cubs, or White Sox. Or else getting shot.

Indiana: Failing to say "Ope!" after you bump into someone (it kills them).

Iowa: Alcohol abuse. (This is not a joke. Get help, Iowa.)

Kansas: Being crushed by a house dropped on you by a tornado.

Kentucky: Deadly fight at the Waffle House.

Louisiana: Cursed by Voodoo Mambo.

Maine: Eaten by Pennywise.

Maryland: Eaten by crab.

Massachusetts: Wearing a Yankees cap.

Michigan: Shot by RoboCop.

Minnesota: Shot while attempting to tackle an ICE agent.

Mississippi: Accidentally ingesting unsweet tea.

Missouri: Being a Kansas City Royals fan.

Montana: Saying, "Hey man, hold my beer!" before attempting to mount a buffalo.

Nebraska: Starving while lost in a corn maze.

Nevada: Being sawn in half by Penn and Teller.

New Hampshire: Death from too much freedom.

New Jersey: Shot by Tony Soprano.

New Mexico: Shot by Walter White.

New York: Blown up by Muslim.

North Carolina: Getting caught up in the bloody conflict between Duke and UNC.

North Dakota: Trick question, no one lives in North Dakota.

Ohio: Cincinnati chili.

Oklahoma: Scalped by Comanches.

Oregon: Gluten allergy.

Pennsylvania: Run over by horse and buggy.

Rhode Island: [Make sure to google Rhode Island and come up with a joke before we publish. Do not publish until we have a good joke here. - Editor]

South Carolina: Rising up against the government to secede from the union. Happens every day.

South Dakota: Shot by Kristi Noem.

Tennessee: Bizarre cornhole incident.

Texas: Run over by a lifted truck, then shot by an AR-15, then eaten by mosquitoes.

Utah: Assassinated after you refused to join a pyramid scheme.

Vermont: Drowned in a vat of maple syrup.

Virginia: Killed during Civil War reenactment.

Washington: Eaten by vampires (the bad ones like the Volturi, James, Victoria, etc., not the "vegetarian" vampires like Edward).

West Virginia: Meth.

Wisconsin: Shot by Kyle Rittenhouse.

Wyoming: Blown off the highway by the winds and never seen again.


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