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Back|Warsaw is a leader of large cities in the Healthy Cities Index
Warsaw is a leader of large cities in the Healthy Cities Index
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Warsaw is a leader of large cities in the Healthy Cities Index

The ranking of cities with over 300,000 inhabitants has been published. inhabitants. Zabrze was awarded in the five-year category.

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  • Warsaw took first place in the category of cities with over 300,000 inhabitants. inhabitants in the Healthy Cities Index.
  • Poznań and Lublin were also on the podium, and the title of city of the five years was awarded to Zabrze.

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The Healthy Cities Index assesses the quality of life in Polish cities in eight areas, such as health, education and the environment.

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Warsaw is the leader of large cities

In the category of cities with over 300,000 inhabitants inhabitants, first place was taken by Warsaw, which obtained 68.3 points. The capital was followed by Poznań with a score of 65.5 points and Lublin - 59.8 points.

Kraków and Bydgoszcz were also in the top five. The next positions were taken by Łódź, Gdańsk, Wrocław and Szczecin.

Top of the ranking of large cities:

Warsaw – 68.3 points

Poznań – 65.5 points

Lublin – 59.8 points

Kraków – 56.4 points

Bydgoszcz – 53.7 points

Health mattered most

The index covers eight areas affecting the quality of life of residents: health, population and generations, municipal and social services, education, housing, environment, infrastructure and space.

The greatest importance was given to health-related activities. It was assessed, among others: expenditure on health programs per capita, number of initiatives and their scope. The availability of alcohol was also taken into account - the number of sales points and revenues from fees related to its trade. Higher values ​​of these indicators lowered the city's rating.

Rybnik became the leader in the health area. It was followed by Bielsko-Biała and Opole. The top ten also included Warsaw, Sosnowiec, Skierniewice, Zamość, Poznań, Lublin and Bydgoszcz.

Zabrze "city of five years"

For the first time, the creators of the Healthy Cities Index also presented a summary of changes over the last five years. The title of "City of the Five Years" was awarded to Zabrze, which advanced from 58th to 27th position between the 2022 and 2026 editions.

Zabrze recorded the greatest improvement in the area of ​​health - from 53rd to 13th place. According to the report's authors, nine out of 14 cities in the Upper Silesian conurbation achieved a positive five-year balance.

The Healthy Cities Index is prepared by experts from the Warsaw School of Economics, the University of Economics in Krakow, the OEES Foundation, Healthy Cities and the Lux Med Group.

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  • Warsaw took first place in the category of cities with over 300,000 inhabitants. inhabitants in the Healthy Cities Index.
  • Poznań and Lublin were also on the podium, and the title of city of the five years was awarded to Zabrze.

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