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24.5: Percentage of people in Androscoggin County who smoke, the highest in Maine

20.9: Percentage of Mainers who smoke

1: Rank of tobacco among the leading causes of heart disease in the U.S.

1: Rank of heart disease among leading causes of death in Maine

$397 million: Cost of hospital care for heart disease in Maine in 1997

Source: Healthy Androscoggin

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