Residents across Baltimore can expect to live longer (Baltimore Sun)
Life expectancy grew in nearly every Baltimore neighborhood in the last six years, but a yawning gap still remains between the most disadvantaged and the wealthiest areas, according to data compiled by city health department officials.
The department looks at 60 indicators in clusters of neighborhoods every few years to draw both a larger picture of health and a specific idea of what public health issues officials and residents should tackle. The indicators include the rates of disease and infant mortality, demographic information, environmental factors such as the number of liquor stores, and socioeconomic measures such as poverty levels and incomes.
These neighborhood health profiles have provided an oft-cited talking point in public health circles about intractable disparities within the city — a 20-year difference in the average life expectancy between neighborhoods.