- Washington area counties reflect health disparities, By Lena H. Sun, March 30, 2011, Washington Post: “The Washington area has some of the region’s healthiest counties, such as Fairfax and Montgomery, but also pockets of poor health in the District and Prince George’s County, according to a set of reports to be released Wednesday. The reports, which rank U.S. counties and cities based on how long people live and how healthy they are, reflect disparities that are closely linked to factors outside the doctor’s office, including high school graduation rates, poverty rates and the number of single-parent households…”
- Marin County named healthiest in California in new study; L.A. County ranks 26th, By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, March 30, 2011, Los Angeles Times: “The title of healthiest California county goes to Marin County – for the second year in a row. A new study released Wednesday named the Northern California county the healthiest in the state. The Bay Area county had lower rates of smoking, adult obesity and teen birth compared with other California counties, according to an annual rankings released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty