“…typical of more developed and industrialized provinces. For women in the south, the disadvantage is due to mortality from cardiovascular disease, which is prevalent among women in the southern provinces where health care is generally less adequate and women are generally less educated and economically less independent (Barbi, Casacchia, & Racioppi, 2018). Figure 2 displays the SMRs due to diseases of the digestive system (top panel) and the respiratory system (bottom panel).…”