Weight Watchers Point List and State Health Rankings
For a Weight Watchers Point List, visit the link shown below.
This page indicates the general overall health of a state's population, as compared to the populations of other U.S. states.
Scroll down to see a table showing health rankings by state.
States are ranked here according to the general health of their populations. A state's "score" represents the percentage by which a state is above or below the national average.
These statistics were collected, analyzed, and reported by the American Public Health Association. Apparently, Louisiana has officially replaced Mississippi as our nation's unhealthiest state, while Vermont tops the list for two years running.
For more states rankings, people stats, health info, and other United States demographics, visit any of the links shown on this page.
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state health rankings
RANK STATE SCORE
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
28 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
44 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
facts about public health
- The American Heritage Dictionary defines Public Health as the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community through preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards.
- Occupations in the field of Public Health include Health Administrator, Biostatistician, Epidemiologist, Emergency Service Technician, Program Developer and Educator, among many others.
- Florence Nightingale was the first person to clearly demonstrate the connection between hygiene and healing.
- Careers in Public Health often require a Masters Degree.
- The five most commonly occurring health problems in America are Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, Diabetes and Respiratory illnesses like Bronchitis and Emphysema.
- Although women are more likely than men to suffer from clinical depression, men are more likely than women to commit suicide.
- The average life expectancy for people living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is about 25 years less than the average life expectancy for residents of other parts of America.
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