North Iowans are invited to lend a hand at the Department of Natural Resources’ sixth annual Statewide Volunteer Day today. Several parks across the s
2,447 North Iowans died from cerebrovascular diseases which includes stroke between 1999-2020. That is 79 deaths per 100,000, compared with the national average of 47.2 per 100,000.
Between 1999 and 2020, 7,645 North Iowans died of cancer, accounting for 247 of every 100,000 deaths. That s significantly higher than the national rate over the same time period.