Recent Release: Report Shows Suburbanites Fare Better in Key Health Indicators

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A report released in September shows Americans who live in the suburbs fare significantly better in many key health measures than their counterparts who live in the most rural and urban areas.

The 25th annual statistical report on the Nation's health is the first to look at health status relative to communities' level of urbanization.

People who live in the most rural and most urban areas have higher mortality rates for working-age adults than suburban residents, the report found. Those who live in the suburbs of large metropolitan areas have the lowest infant mortality rates and are more likely to have health insurance and healthy lifestyles. These variations also …