Which State Is Healthiest?

STATE

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

Alabama

47

48

48

46

47

48

32

42

47

Alaska

37

18

28

20

16

14

13

26

16

Arizona

28

27

35

39

40

34

28

33

25

Arkansas

40

44

45

50

50

50

50

50

46

California

17

19

19

12

14

24

19

23

24

Colorado

21

12

24

30

29

28

26

13

9

Connecticut

14

9

20

9

3

6

4

8

19

Delaware

43

37

40

32

32

33

47

46

49

Florida

44

43

42

42

44

43

48

48

50

Georgia

41

45

34

21

35

38

37

39

28

Hawaii

4

4

2

1

1

3

5

5

4

Idaho

26

20

29

15

11

11

9

13

2

Illinois

32

26

30

26

17

30

27

32

32

Indiana

29

25

26

35

39

37

39

31

30

Iowa

5

15

6

7

8

1

8

21

20

Kansas

7

11

8

6

26

8

12

18

23

Kentucky

31

33

37

44

45

40

41

44

18

Louisiana

48

49

50

49

48

49

49

48

40

Maine

8

6

7

14

27

21

7

17

43

Maryland

33

28

25

18

15

17

18

19

13

Massachusetts

10

8

8

16

10

20

15

9

34

Michigan

27

31

33

31

37

42

33

30

38

Minnesota

2

3

1

2

2

5

6

1

6

Mississippi

50

50

49

45

42

44

45

38

33

Missouri

38

36

38

48

43

46

42

47

48

Montana

13

32

12

11

12

18

24

12

7

Nebraska

6

10

5

10

9

9

13

4

10

Nevada

46

46

47

39

41

47

38

45

42

New Hampshire

3

1

4

3

4

7

1

3

12

New Jersey

16

17

23

25

22

22

21

24

31

New Mexico

45

39

44

34

27

26

29

27

22

New York

34

42

43

28

18

32

33

34

36

North Carolina

35

34

32

27

19

25

35

36

35

North Dakota

9

23

13

29

24

13

25

10

8

Ohio

22

21

18

33

31

31

30

29

39

Oklahoma

36

29

31

38

34

27

44

43

26

Oregon

18

14

17

24

21

22

17

15

27

Pennsylvania

20

30

22

37

38

40

31

28

45

Rhode Island

15

13

21

22

30

29

22

11

43

South Carolina

49

47

46

43

36

38

43

35

29

South Dakota

23

38

27

8

20

16

23

25

10

Tennessee

39

40

39

47

46

36

40

41

37

Texas

42

41

41

36

33

35

35

37

14

Utah

12

5

10

5

5

4

3

6

1

Vermont

1

2

3

4

6

2

2

2

15

Virginia

18

16

16

16

13

10

10

22

17

Washington

11

7

10

13

7

15

11

7

5

West Virginia

30

35

36

41

49

45

46

39

41

Wisconsin

24

22

15

23

23

18

16

20

21

Wyoming

25

23

14

18

25

12

20

16

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