Fatal flus hit by zip codes

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The Sacramento Bee Newspaper published an article Tuesday which revealed individuals residing in highly concentrated low-income areas have been found to be more suspectable in coming down with the flu.

The paper used U.S. census demographics to determine exactly how one's  zip code may provide insight into their general health. "The most concentrated flu cases and the worst flu cases actually occured in high poverty area(s) where people of various backgrounds live," said Sacramento Bee Writer Cynthia Craft.

Craft revealed individuals living in poverty may often lack health insurance and rely on public transportation, making them more at risk to catching the flu.

So far, the Department of Public Health has reported that a total of 302 people have died in California this influenza-season due to flu-related causes.