Healthy states

[wvjules]

http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/1685.53612

State Health Rankings

1. New Hampshire

2. Minnesota

3 Massachusetts

4. Utah

5. Connecticut

6. Vermont

7. Iowa (tie)

7. Colorado (tie)

9. North Dakota

10. Maine

11. Washington (tie)

11. Wisconsin (tie)

13. Rhode Island

14. Hawaii

15. Nebraska

16. South Dakota

17. Oregon

18. Virginia

19. New Jersey

20. Idaho

21. Kansas

22. Indiana

23. Pennsylvania

24. Montana (tie)

24. California (tie)

26. Wyoming

27. Ohio

28. Maryland

29. Michigan

30. Alaska

31. Illinois

32. New York (tie)

32. Missouri (tie)

34. Arizona

35. Delaware

36. North Carolina

37. Texas

38. Nevada

39. Kentucky

40. Georgia

41. West Virginia

42. New Mexico

43. Florida

44. Tennessee

45. Alabama

46. Oklahoma

47. Arkansas

48. South Carolina

49. Mississippi

50. Louisiana

 

[EROS]

Note also that of the top 3 states, Minn. and Mass. do NOT have a death penalty. New Hampshire has not executed a prisoner since 1939 ..................

 

[Bumbles]

so it's healthier for criminals there...woo hoo

 

[honeywolf7]

It doesn't surprise me that Colorado and Utah are in the top ten.

 

[jipsy]

EROS what the heck does that have to do with health rankings?

 

[Beanie]

Yay!! New Hampshire is #1!!

 

[Patabel]

What's sad is that Minnesota dropped down to second instead of first due to the steady rise in use of tobacco products by our youth! It has risen drastically. With all the info out there, EVERYWHERE, about the how bad smoking, chewing, etc. is, more and more kids are doing it! I just don't get it.

 

[nativetxn]

Very interesting, Jules. Michigan isn't a very healthy state and neither is Texas

 

[Beauty]

LOL! Well at least Mississippi isn't last....we usually are last on everything!

 

[TFMont]

Beauty,

You know how it goes, if Mississippi isn't last, Louisiana is!

 

[Jeff in BigD]

Hmm, the higher ranked the state, the less famous their cuisine is....coincedence?

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by jipsy
EROS what the heck does that have to do with health rankings?

Hi Jipsy...............it's hard to stay "healthy" when the State kills you ...........

 

[wvjules]

This was a "healthy state" rankingl, not a longetivity of life one.

 

[Deb in IA]

Originally posted by Jeff in BigD
Hmm, the higher ranked the state, the less famous their cuisine is....coincedence?

Well, Jeff, you have never had an IOWA (#7) PORK CHOP, now, have you????

 

[Snow White]

cough, cough, 46th....I knew I wasn't feeling too well today, now I know why

michelle s.

 

[tedsmom]

jipsy, in regard to your question to EROS, one has absolutley nothing to do with the other. It is yet ANOTHER jamming of an already overstated opinion down our throats!Those who choose (see, my enhanced mode functions work too!) to commit capital crimes do so knowing the potential consequences.

Meanwhile, I am glad to live in a Top Ten state. As long as I don't commit a capital offense , I can look forward to a long healthy life !

 

[Kermit]

We're number 48. That doesn't really surprise me, though. The other night in my childbirth class we were talking about which fats are healthier and which should be severely limited or avoided. One woman wanted to know if lard was okay.

 

[DocRafiki]

WOO HOO! Yet again, I am so proud of my home states of LA and MS!!!

Of course, LA can't help that it is the drainage pit for most of the country.

 

[ead79]

Bummer--Georgia's 40th!

 

[SonjaB]

I grew up in Arkansas *cough cough*