See: America's Healthiest And Unhealthiest States
This annual ranking, published by the United Health Foundation, looks at 22 indicators of health, including everything from how many children receive recommended vaccinations, to obesity and smoking rates, to cancer deaths. (Insurer UnitedHealth Group funds the foundation.) Scores for each state are determined by gathering data from a variety of government and nongovernmental databases and then calculating how much each state is better or worse than the national average for each measure. Click here to see the report. The below chart lists the final results in addition to rank changes in specific categories over the past 20 years.
2009 STATE RANKINGS
1Vermont
2Utah
3Massachusetts
4Hawaii
5New Hampshire
6Minnesota
7Connecticut
8Colorado
9Maine
10Rhode Island
11Washington
12Wisconsin
13Oregon
14Idaho
15Iowa
16Nebraska
17North Dakota
18New Jersey
19Wyoming
20South Dakota
21Maryland
22Virginia
23California
24Kansas
25New York
26Montana
27Arizona
28Pennsylvania
29Illinois
30Michigan
31New Mexico
32Delaware
33Ohio
34Alaska
35Indiana
36Florida
37North Carolina
38Missouri
39Texas
40Arkansas
41Kentucky
42West Virginia
43Georgia
44Tennessee
45Nevada
46South Carolina
47Louisiana
48Alabama
49Oklahoma
50Mississippi
RANK CHANGE OVER 20 YEARS
Top 10 Smoking Bottom 10 Smoking
1Rhode Island 41West Virginia
2Virginia 42Illinois
3Maryland 42Montana
4Florida 44Idaho
5Delaware 45South Carolina
6Vermont 46Indiana
7Connecticut 47Nebraska
8New Hampshire 48Wisconsin
9Arizona 49Utah
9Michigan 50Missouri
9Nevada
Top 10 Obesity Bottom 10 Obesity
1Connecticut 41Georgia
2Rhode Island 41South Carolina
3Massachusetts 43Missouri
4Florida 44South Dakota
5Wyoming 45Ohio
6Colorado 46Kentucky
7Indiana 47Mississippi
8Vermont 48Oklahoma
9Nevada 49Tennessee
10Idaho 50Alabama
Overall Change - Top 10 Overall Change - Bottom 10
1New York 41Louisiana
2Vermont 42South Carolina
3Hawaii 43Tennessee
4New Hampshire 44Arkansas
5Minnesota 45Ohio
6New Jersey 46Alabama
7Oregon 47Kentucky
8Alaska 48Mississippi
9Washington 49West Virginia
10Massachusetts 50Oklahoma
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/16/un...ealth-states-top_chart.html?partner=msnhealth
This annual ranking, published by the United Health Foundation, looks at 22 indicators of health, including everything from how many children receive recommended vaccinations, to obesity and smoking rates, to cancer deaths. (Insurer UnitedHealth Group funds the foundation.) Scores for each state are determined by gathering data from a variety of government and nongovernmental databases and then calculating how much each state is better or worse than the national average for each measure. Click here to see the report. The below chart lists the final results in addition to rank changes in specific categories over the past 20 years.
2009 STATE RANKINGS
1Vermont
2Utah
3Massachusetts
4Hawaii
5New Hampshire
6Minnesota
7Connecticut
8Colorado
9Maine
10Rhode Island
11Washington
12Wisconsin
13Oregon
14Idaho
15Iowa
16Nebraska
17North Dakota
18New Jersey
19Wyoming
20South Dakota
21Maryland
22Virginia
23California
24Kansas
25New York
26Montana
27Arizona
28Pennsylvania
29Illinois
30Michigan
31New Mexico
32Delaware
33Ohio
34Alaska
35Indiana
36Florida
37North Carolina
38Missouri
39Texas
40Arkansas
41Kentucky
42West Virginia
43Georgia
44Tennessee
45Nevada
46South Carolina
47Louisiana
48Alabama
49Oklahoma
50Mississippi
RANK CHANGE OVER 20 YEARS
Top 10 Smoking Bottom 10 Smoking
1Rhode Island 41West Virginia
2Virginia 42Illinois
3Maryland 42Montana
4Florida 44Idaho
5Delaware 45South Carolina
6Vermont 46Indiana
7Connecticut 47Nebraska
8New Hampshire 48Wisconsin
9Arizona 49Utah
9Michigan 50Missouri
9Nevada
Top 10 Obesity Bottom 10 Obesity
1Connecticut 41Georgia
2Rhode Island 41South Carolina
3Massachusetts 43Missouri
4Florida 44South Dakota
5Wyoming 45Ohio
6Colorado 46Kentucky
7Indiana 47Mississippi
8Vermont 48Oklahoma
9Nevada 49Tennessee
10Idaho 50Alabama
Overall Change - Top 10 Overall Change - Bottom 10
1New York 41Louisiana
2Vermont 42South Carolina
3Hawaii 43Tennessee
4New Hampshire 44Arkansas
5Minnesota 45Ohio
6New Jersey 46Alabama
7Oregon 47Kentucky
8Alaska 48Mississippi
9Washington 49West Virginia
10Massachusetts 50Oklahoma
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/16/un...ealth-states-top_chart.html?partner=msnhealth
