AP analysis: Unemployment, income affect life expectancy
NEW YORK (AP) — New government data show just how much your neighborhood can impact the length of your life.
The Associated Press has analyzed life expectancy and demographic data from the National Center for Health Statistics. The AP looked at more than 65,000 census tracts.
It found that certain demographic qualities —unemployment, household income, race and education — affect life expectancy in most neighborhoods.
For example, a neighborhood where more adults failed to gradu
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