Urban Context and Cardiometabolic Health in Chicago

In Chicago, cardiometabolic health outcomes align closely with long standing patterns of segregation and income inequality. The highest prevalence consistently appears in lower-income neighborhoods that also reflect the city’s racialized urban structure, forming a continuous geography of compounded disadvantage. Rather than displaying isolated hotspots, these maps reveal how multiple structural factors located across space reinforce the role of urban context in shaping health outcomes.