Fellow Michigander,

It’s easy to understand that any act of gun violence takes an immediate toll on the community where it happens: Death, injuries, and mental trauma, to name just a few.

But a recently released study from the University of Michigan has found a link between gun violence and heart attacks down the line. Read on for the full story.

Plus: Would you want a data center built in your community? We want to hear your thoughts.

Karel Vega

Newsletter Editor, The ’Gander

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People exposed to firearm violence more likely to die of stress-related heart diseases, study finds

Researchers looked at data from the Michigan Incident Crime Reporting System and the state Department of Health and Human Services. (Unsplash)

By Capital News Service

Being exposed to gun violence increases the odds of later dying from stress-related cardiovascular disease like heart attacks, a recent study from the University of Michigan found.

Last year Michigan saw over 1,300 gun deaths. The state has the 22nd highest rate of gun-related homicides nationally, according to the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins University.

Each additional 10 firearm incidents per year in a census tract was linked to a 1.6% increase in the odds of a stress-related cardiovascular death, according to the new study in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Census tracts are small geographic units used by the US Census Bureau, typically containing about 2,500 to 8,000 residents.

The study was conducted to examine the implications of gun violence that aren’t frequently talked about, said Esther Lee, a U-M researcher and co-author of the study.

“We’re trying to create more discourse around these linkages that go beyond just gun violence, direct injuries or direct deaths,” Lee said.

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Data centers have been in the news a lot lately. We recently covered the huge public outcry over a proposed data center in Saline Township, and Michiganders are now set to hold a protest at the State Capitol in Lansing tomorrow calling for a moratorium on new data centers.

So, we want to know: