A study found that people who live in a rich area like San Francisco, Colorado, or the suburbs of Washington, D.C. are likely to be as healthy as their counterparts in Switzerland or Japan, but those who live in Appalachia or the rural South are likely to be as unhealthy as people in Algeria or Bangladesh.
For example, women in Marin County, California, where the median household income is $89,605, have the highest life expectancy -- 85 years -- while women in Perry County, Kentucky, with median income $32,538, have the lowest life expectancy – just under 73 years.
Men living in wealthy Fairfax County, Virginia, median income $108,439, have a life expectancy of almost 82 years, while men in nearby McDowell County, West Virginia, where the median household income is $39,550, had the lowest life expectancy in the country – 63.9 years.
NBC’s Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman calls the findings “almost death by zip code.”
For example, women in Marin County, California, where the median household income is $89,605, have the highest life expectancy -- 85 years -- while women in Perry County, Kentucky, with median income $32,538, have the lowest life expectancy – just under 73 years.
Men living in wealthy Fairfax County, Virginia, median income $108,439, have a life expectancy of almost 82 years, while men in nearby McDowell County, West Virginia, where the median household income is $39,550, had the lowest life expectancy in the country – 63.9 years.
NBC’s Chief Medical Editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman calls the findings “almost death by zip code.”
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