Monday, February 22, 2010
Counties Ranked As Most/Least Healthy
KENTUCKY...
Boone County in northern Kentucky ranked as being the healthiest among Kentucky's 120counties. The top ten also includes Oldham, Calloway, Scott, Anderson, Woodford, Owen, Franklin, Spencer, and Fayette counties. The counties scoring among the ten worst are dominated by Eastern Kentucky counties. Wolfe County's 120th ranking was the worst. Martin, Owsley, Harlan, Perry, Magoffin, Pike, Clay, McCreary, and Floyd counties round out the bottom ten. The report considered health factors such as smoking, obesity, binge drinking, unemployment, child poverty and air pollution. The study illuminates a well-known trend: The least healthy counties tend to be poor and rural, and the healthiest ones tend to be urban or suburban.
Boone County in northern Kentucky ranked as being the healthiest among Kentucky's 120counties. The top ten also includes Oldham, Calloway, Scott, Anderson, Woodford, Owen, Franklin, Spencer, and Fayette counties. The counties scoring among the ten worst are dominated by Eastern Kentucky counties. Wolfe County's 120th ranking was the worst. Martin, Owsley, Harlan, Perry, Magoffin, Pike, Clay, McCreary, and Floyd counties round out the bottom ten. The report considered health factors such as smoking, obesity, binge drinking, unemployment, child poverty and air pollution. The study illuminates a well-known trend: The least healthy counties tend to be poor and rural, and the healthiest ones tend to be urban or suburban.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:38 AM 
