Valley's poor die younger, report finds

Fresno Bee Article
By Barbara Anderson
 May 26, 2010

When it comes to health and length of life, it matters where you live in the San Joaquin Valley.

That was the conclusion of a report issued Wednesday in Fresno. Researchers with the Central Valley Health Policy Institute found that depending on where people live, they can have fewer productive years of life on average.

And it's worse in the Valley than in California as a whole, the researchers said.

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