http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/new-york-citys-superior-health
I think it is the walking you do in New York. Other research indicates that walkable neighborhoods are healthier neighborhoods. Walk with a purpose, is a phrase that should be taking literally by older adults. Walk to the store. Walk somewhere with a purpose, routinely. It appears older adults fare far better health wise in New York City than in the nation as a whole. Anyway, the question is why?
But the bulk of the mortality difference between New York and the nation occurs among older cohorts, and here the situation is far murkier. The death rates in the nation are 5.5 percent higher for 55-to-64-year-olds than in New York, 17 percent higher for 65-to-74-year-olds and more than 24 percent higher for 75-to-84-year-olds. There is no single smoking gun for these groups. Deaths from cancer are lower for these groups, but deaths from heart disease are not.
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