Where you live affects your health

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public HealthClick to print (Opens in new window)

In Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, life expectancy is less than 60 years, while in the Back Bay—just a couple of miles away—it’s close to 90.

That’s according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “500 Cities” project, which includes health information from 500 cities across the country, by census tract. The data show how neighborhoods are faring in terms of health using a range of metrics, from obesity to smoking to mental health to uninsured rates./.../