The results are in: Vermont is the healthiest U.S. state (for four years running), followed by Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Several factors — including obesity, smoking, diabetes and sedentary lifestyle — served as the criteria for this list compiled by the United Health Foundation. How high (or low) did your state rank?
The complete list (from healthiest to least healthy):
- Vermont
- Hawaii
- New Hampshire
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- Utah
- New Jersey
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Colorado
- North Dakota
- (tie) Oregon and Washington
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Idaho
- New York
- Maryland
- Iowa
- Virginia
- California
- Wyoming
- Kansas
- Arizona
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Alaska
- Montana
- Illinois
- Delaware
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Florida
- Ohio
- Georgia
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Indiana
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Kentucky
- Alabama
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
- (tie) Louisiana and Mississippi
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