Chicago has received a gold medal as one of the nation’s highest performing cities when it comes to passing policies that improve the health and well-being of its residents for the fourth year in a row, according to the 2020 CityHealth Annual Report. The CityHealth report takes a close look at whether the nation’s 40 largest cities have nine key policies in place that experts say help residents lead healthier lives and communities thrive. Each year, cities are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals according to the strength and number of the policies they have in place. The data used in the assessment are produced by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Chicago received a gold in six of the nine categories and an overall gold medal.

Chicago’s 2020 CityHealth Medal Results:

Policy Recommendation: Medal

Overall: Gold

Affordable Housing: Gold

Complete Streets: Gold

Earned Sick Leave: Silver

Food Safety/Restaurant Grading: No Medal

Healthy Food Procurement: Silver

High-Quality, Accessible Pre-Kindergarten: Gold

Safer Alcohol Sales: Gold

Smoke-Free Indoor Air: Gold

Tobacco 21: Gold

CityHealth is an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. For more details on this year’s results, visit: www.cityhealth.org/2020annualreport.