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by William Atkins   
Monday, 08 December 2008


The “America’s Health Rankings 2008” can be downloaded.

The rankings, with their overall scores, are:

1 Vermont 24.8
2 Hawaii 21.6
3 New Hampshire 19.9
4 Minnesota 18.8
5 Utah 18.2
6 Massachusetts 17.7
7 Connecticut 17.5
8 Idaho 16.1
9 Maine 15.3
10 Washington 14.9

11 Rhode Island 14.0
12 North Dakota 12.5
13 Nebraska 12.0
14 Wyoming 11.8
15 Iowa 11.6
16 Oregon 11.3
17 Wisconsin 10.3
18 New Jersey 9.8
19 Colorado 9.7
20 Virginia 9.0

21 South Dakota 7.5
22 Kansas 6.7
23 Montana 6.5
24 California 5.3
25 New York 3.8
26 Maryland 3.4
27 Michigan 2.0
27 Pennsylvania 2.0
29 New Mexico 1.7
30 Alaska 1.3

31 Illinois 0.8
32 Ohio 0.7
33 Arizona 0.4
34 Indiana -0.6
35 Delaware -1.6
36 North Carolina -3.2
37 Kentucky -3.6
38 Missouri -4.9
39 West Virginia -5.0
40 Alabama -7.0

41 Georgia -7.8
42 Nevada -7.9
43 Arkansas -8.1
43 Oklahoma -8.1
45 Florida -8.9
46 Texas -9.0
47 Tennessee -9.7
48 South Carolina -10.7
49 Mississippi -15.0
50 Louisiana -15.2


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