How Healthy is your County?

[Jeanette in FL]

How Healthy Is Your County?
New County Health Rankings give first county-by-county snapshot of health in each state.
Published: Feb 17, 2010 Washington, D.C.


The County Health Rankings—the first set of reports to rank the overall health of every county in all 50 states—were released today by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at a briefing in Washington, D.C. and on www.countyhealthrankings.org.

The 50 state reports help public health and community leaders, policy-makers, consumers and others to see how healthy their county is, compare it with others within their state and find ways to improve the health of their community.


Each county is ranked within the state on how healthy people are and how long they live. They also are ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary care providers, rates of high school graduation, rates of violent crime, air pollution levels, liquor store density, unemployment rates and number of children living in poverty.

Other studies have ranked states on health factors, but this is the first time researchers have examined the multiple factors that affect health in each county in all 50 states.

My county ranked 66 out of 67. How did yours fare?

[Laura902]

1. 38!!! woooo! n/t

[City of Mills]

2. 3/14

With the top two counties being the minor islands off MA :)

[Mari333]

3. 46 out of 82

not good.

[RockaFowler]

4. St Lucie County, FL

We are 30 out of 67. Not bad.

[cali]

5. 7th out of 14 in the healthiest state in the country.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. No. 2 out of 75.

[Glorfindel]

7. 59 out of 81 in the unhealthiest state in the USA

not really surprising.

[sdfernando]

8. 15 out of 56

Pretty damned good! San Diego is an awesome place to live! (Wish we could get more liberals to here!!!)

[damntexdem]

9. Woohoo, 3rd in the state, next door to the 2nd.

But it's in Texas, so the bar is likely very low.

But still, it's 3rd out of the 221 that were ranked.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. 8th of 39. Clark Country, WA