Where you live matters: Economic and social factors can affect your ability to live a healthy life

by Alex Rozier and Erica Hensley

More than a quarter of children live in poverty across Mississippi — and those children are more likely to live in unhealthy parts of the state and see health complications into adulthood.

New health rankings from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation show that economic and social factors can influence health just as much as the vitals collected in the examination room. 

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