How Does your State Rank in the Healthiest States Report?
The best and worst states for good health across the nation in 2019.
Each year, the United Health Foundation compares all fifty states and ranks them from most healthy to least healthy. The 2019 rankings are out, and according to America’s Health Rankings Annual Report, here is how the nifty fifty fair.
1. Vermont
2. Massachusetts
3. Hawaii
4. Connecticut
5. Utah
6. New Hampshire
7. Minnesota
8. New Jersey
9. Washington
10. Colorado
11. New York
12. California
13. Rhode Island
14. North Dakota
15. Virginia
16. Idaho
17. Nebraska
18. Maryland
19. Wyoming
20. Iowa
21. Maine
22. Oregon
23. Wisconsin
24. Montana
25. South Dakota
26. Illinois
27. Alaska
28. Pennsylvania
29. Kansas
30. Delaware
31. Arizona
32. Michigan
33. Florida
34. Texas
35. Nevada
36. North Carolina
37. New Mexico
38. Ohio
39. Missouri
40. Georgia
41. Indiana
42. South Carolina
43. Kentucky
44. Tennessee
45. West Virginia
46. Oklahoma
47. Alabama
48. Arkansas
49. Louisiana
50. Mississippi
The report takes into consideration various factors, including behaviors such as drinking, smoking, and access to clean water, as well as policy, healthcare, and crime rates.
All in all, Utah and Idaho are in a pretty good standing when each is compared to the other states.
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