Southern States Are Least Healthy

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By unhealthy Southerner on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 09:26 am:

    The UnitedHealth Foundation ranks New Hampshire as the healthiest state for the sixth time in the 13 years of the rankings. In the top 10, New Hampshire is followed by Minnesota, Massachusetts, Utah, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa, Colorado, North Dakota, and Maine.

    The least healthy state is Louisiana. The bottom ten are West Virginia, New Mexico, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
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    State Health Rankings

    1. New Hampshire

    2. Minnesota

    3 Massachusetts

    4. Utah

    5. Connecticut

    6. Vermont

    7. Iowa (tie)

    7. Colorado (tie)

    9. North Dakota

    10. Maine

    11. Washington (tie)

    11. Wisconsin (tie)

    13. Rhode Island

    14. Hawaii

    15. Nebraska

    16. South Dakota

    17. Oregon

    18. Virginia

    19. New Jersey

    20. Idaho

    21. Kansas

    22. Indiana

    23. Pennsylvania

    24. Montana (tie)

    24. California (tie)

    26. Wyoming

    27. Ohio

    28. Maryland

    29. Michigan

    30. Alaska

    31. Illinois

    32. New York (tie)

    32. Missouri (tie)

    34. Arizona

    35. Delaware

    36. North Carolina

    37. Texas

    38. Nevada

    39. Kentucky

    40. Georgia

    41. West Virginia

    42. New Mexico

    43. Florida

    44. Tennessee

    45. Alabama

    46. Oklahoma

    47. Arkansas

    48. South Carolina

    49. Mississippi

    50. Louisiana

By agatha on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 08:07 pm:

    based on what criteria, pleez?

By trace on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 09:14 pm:

By Platypus on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - 11:44 pm:

    24!

By Czarina on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 12:44 am:

    Here I am........leading the nation in foulness!

By kazoo on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 09:30 am:

    40. Georgia

    no wonder I haven't felt so good lately

By semillama on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 09:49 am:

    It's all that humidity.

By unhealthy Southerner spunky on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 10:09 am:

    37! How did that happen? I thought GWB ran the most polluted state in the union (not that 13th from the worst is all that good)

By sarah on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 10:57 am: