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·March 7, 2026·4 min read

Regional differences in excessive drinking

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found significant differences in excessive drinking across the American Nations regional cultures in a new paper published in the academic journal PLOS One

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·August 29, 2023·17 min read

The Regional Geography of U.S. Life Expectancy

How long you can expect to live depends on what U.S. region you live in and the reasons for it go back centuries.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·September 23, 2025·7 min read

Vaccinations and deaths: the Regional Geography of the Covid-19 pandemic

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·January 24, 2024·4 min read

How churches could help address the lowland South’s obesity and physical inactivity crises

In a new American Nations-powered study in the American Journal of Medicine, researchers find an opportunity to reach people where they are in the Deep South and Tidewater regions

Colin Woodard·

Updates

·July 28, 2023·2 min read

Nationhood Lab partners with public health researchers to publish academic papers on the geography of obesity, diabetes, exercise and other critical phenomena

July 27 2023 NEWPORT, R.I. – Newly published research reveals stark differences between U.S. regions in the prevalence of diabetes,...

Colin Woodard·

Featured Updates

·May 28, 2025·3 min read

Scientific Papers lay out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers

Colin Woodard·

Updates

·April 22, 2026·1 min read

New Research published in Nature‘s Scientific Reports finds American Nations regions help predict and Covid-19 cases and deaths

The findings from researchers at Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found the American Nations regional cultures to be one of the most powerful predictive elements in predicting county-level pandemic mortality and cases.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·December 11, 2023·2 min read

The Regional Geography of Disability in the United States

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found significant differences in the prevalence of disabilities...