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| | | | | County Health Rankings report: Healthiest US counties by Merinews Network | | | A RECENT survey has ranked all counties in United States on the basis of how healthy residents are and how long they live. The County Health Rankings, a report that was released on February 17, Wednesday, in Washington is the first such comprehensive health report.
The County Health Rankings report, which was released by University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has hailed San Juan, Douglas, Whitman, Kittitas, Island King, Whatcom, Clark, Chelan and Snohomish counties as the top ten healthiest ones.
On the other hand, it has called The Ferry, Okanogan, Mason, Stevens, Asotin, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Yakima, Pend Oreille and Pacific as the worst ten according to healthiness.
The core components which determine health rankings in this County Health Rankings report are health behavior, clinical care, social and economic factors as well as physical environment. Other determinants include levels of smoking, obesity, binge drinking, rate of violent crimes, air pollution, liquor store density, unemployment, poverty, children from poor homes, access to primary care providers and even rates of high school graduation.
The report which is the most comprehensive one for all 50 states aims to help policymakers to work upon public health on the grassroot levels. | | | | Article Source : Article-treasure.com | | Publication date : 07-29-2010 | | | | Article by Merinews Network | | | | This is Merinews Network,its india's first citizen journalism based news website. We have many news articles on Health Care Tips and Health And Fitness. | | | | Keywords : Health Care Tips, Health and wellness, health and fitness, health care | | | | | |
