The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute recently released their 2019 County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Report, which illustrates the health impact of a wide range of factors heavily influenced by where people live including health behaviors, clinical care, physical environment, and social and environmental factors.
This year’s report focuses on the role of place and home and highlights emergent health disparities between highest- and lowest-performing counties on various housing indicators, as well as the universality of housing unaffordability, instability, and sub-standard quality across the country that negatively impact health. Severe housing cost burden, for example, affects health and is linked to barriers to living long and well. The report shows that across counties, increases in the share of households severely cost burdened are associated with more food insecurity, more child poverty, and more people in fair or poor health.
Learn more by reading the summary Key Findings Report, reviewing your state’s report, and exploring community-specific data at CountyHealthRankings.com. The website also includes resources for interpreting the data and taking action to improve community health.
RWJF will be hosting a webinar on April 23 at 3pm ET (12pm PT) with an overview of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.