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Wed 6 Dec, 2006 11:02 pm
I was surprised to find so many new england states in the top ten. Why was Cali so far down the list? Healthy in cali takes too much money?
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Quote:Here is the report's list of the healthiest states, from healthiest to least healthy:
1. Minnesota
2. Vermont
3. New Hampshire
4. Hawaii
5. Connecticut
6. Utah
7. Massachusetts
8. North Dakota
9. Maine
10. Wisconsin
11. Iowa
12. Nebraska
13. Rhode Island
14. New Jersey
15. Washington
16. Colorado
17. Kansas
18. South Dakota
19. Idaho
20. Oregon
21. Virginia
22. Montana
23. California
24. Wyoming
25. Illinois
26. Ohio
27. Michigan
28. Pennsylvania
29. New York
30. Delaware
31. Alaska
32. Maryland
33. Indiana
34. Arizona
35. Missouri
36. North Carolina
37. Texas
38. Nevada
39. Kentucky
40. New Mexico
41. Florida
42. Georgia
43. West Virginia
44. Oklahoma
45. Alabama
46. Arkansas
47. Tennessee
48. South Carolina
49. Mississippi
50. Louisiana
Why Minnesota?
Minnesota has topped the annual list 11 times since 1990.
To find out more, visit the website linked above.
All those Cali freeways and haze must have affected their health as they don't walk much.
California is also fast food heaven. I would imagine with all that fast food and smog, it isn't as healthy for the average person in CA.
I'm surprised that Nevada, land of booze, hookers, gambling and drugs, isn't up in the top 5.
California has too many cars, factories, and population to ease the strain on our environment. That's the cost for being the fifth (or sixth) richest in the world.
I think I'll just move to Minnesota. That'll sink their little ship.
According to "Prairie Home Companion" the Scandinavian Lutherns are a clean-living and hardy folk.
New Jersy healthier than Washington? Must be because of a higher suicide rate or something. Weird.
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