Hawaii Ranks 1st in U.S Health Improving Survey
The annuall measure of the United States health status shows that Hawaii is rank 1 in the United States in terms of healthiness. The most significant findings from the health report were:
- A decline in the smoking rate, down from 21.2% of the adult population in 2012 to 19.6%. Largest decline was in Navada
- A drop in physical activity outside of work for 30 days. 26.2% to 22.9%
- Obese notifications stayed around the same. Defined as people 30 pounds over heavyweight
Health Ranking Scores
State-by-state rankings (ranking, state, score)
1 Hawaii 0.919
2 Vermont 0.868
3 Minnesota 0.731
4 Massachusetts 0.725
5 New Hampshire 0.703
6 Utah 0.695
7 Connecticut 0.649
8 Colorado 0.565
9 North Dakota 0.557
10 New Jersey 0.531
11 Nebraska 0.460
12 Idaho 0.442
13 Oregon 0.426
14 Washington 0.403
15 New York 0.370
16 Maine 0.366
17 Wyoming 0.355
18 Iowa 0.317
19 Rhode Island 0.317
20 Wisconsin 0.313
21 California 0.310
22 South Dakota 0.284
23 Montana 0.277
24 Maryland 0.276
25 Alaska 0.275
26 Virginia 0.259
27 Kansas 0.122
28 Arizona 0.020
29 Pennsylvania -0.022
30 Illinois -0.096
31 Delaware -0.097
32 New Mexico -0.175
33 Florida -0.210
34 Michigan -0.218
35 North Carolina -0.247
36 Texas -0.250
37 Nevada -0.294
38 Georgia -0.315
39 Missouri -0.373
40 Ohio -0.407
41 Indiana -0.487
42 Tennessee -0.579
43 South Carolina -0.635
44 Oklahoma -0.666
45 Kentucky -0.716
46 West Virginia -0.727
47 Alabama -0.822
48 Louisiana -0.844
49 Arkansas -0.893
50 Mississippi -0.894
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/11/heath-improvements-states/3953505/
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