Changes

This page lists what readers can see change: chapters opened, chapters revised, and corrections. Each entry gives the date and the chapter, and a correction is stated as a correction. A chapter that changes after it opens also shows an updated date in its byline.

First edition

The first edition of this book was a set of standalone web pages. This edition rebuilds every chapter from the underlying data files, so a number here can differ from the same number in the first edition. Each chapter's notes record the numbers that moved and why.

11 October 2026

• Place across an American lifeIntroduction, published
• Place and the length of a lifeChapter 6.1, updated

9 October 2026

• Birthweight and preterm birthChapter 1.1, published
• Infant mortalityChapter 1.2, published
• Where births are fallingChapter 1.3, published
• Smoking in pregnancyChapter 1.4, published
• Test scores, class and raceChapter 2.1, published
• Gender gaps in reading and mathChapter 2.2, published
• School discipline and incarcerationChapter 3.1, published
• College access, price and earningsChapter 3.2, published
• Race, income and mobilityChapter 3.3, published
• Teen birthsChapter 3.4, published
• Home value, income and redliningChapter 4.1, published
• Mortgage denialsChapter 4.2, published
• Work, wages and access to jobsChapter 4.3, published
• Renting, affordability and evictionChapter 4.4, published
• Health behaviors and the supply of careChapter 5.1, published
• Health behaviors, person by personChapter 5.2, published
• Air pollutionChapter 5.3, published
• Multiple chronic conditionsChapter 5.4, published
• Place and the length of a lifeChapter 6.1, published
• Gun homicide and the causes of early deathChapter 6.2, published
• Overdose, alcohol and suicideChapter 6.3, published
• Mortality trends, 2018 to 2024Chapter 6.4, published
• Violence and the life-expectancy gapChapter 6.5, published
• Civic life, loneliness and partnershipChapter 7.1, published
• Life evaluation and daily feelingsChapter 7.2, published
• Mental distress in young adultsChapter 7.3, published
• Disability, retirement and MedicareChapter 8.1, published
• Well-being across the life spanChapter 8.2, published
• Eight types of neighborhoodChapter 9.1, published
• Places that beat the modelChapter 9.4, published
• Gradients, slopes and varianceChapter 10.1, published
• The anatomy of a deprivation indexChapter 10.2, published
• A deprivation index at two zoomsChapter 10.3, published
• Families of placesChapter 10.4, published
• Suppressed counties in death dataChapter 10.5, published