5 Things We Learned About Chicago’s Health From the City Health Dashboard

Chicago Health

How do you evaluate the health of a city? While you can certainly look at things like hospital admissions and mortality rates, it’s hard to get a clear picture of a city’s overall wellness. But with the recently released City Health Dashboard, it’s easier than ever to see how Chicago stacks up.

The City Health Dashboard evaluates 36 key measures of health for 500 U.S. cities. Looking at Chicago’s data, some clear takeaways about the state of health in our city become clear — some good, some not so good.