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Which State Is Healthiest?

1993 to 2002 Healthiest State Rankings

#1 ranking is healthiest; #50 ranking is least healthy

STATE	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993
Alabama	47	47	48	48	46	47	48	32	42	47
Alaska	29	37	18	28	20	16	14	13	26	16
Arizona	35	28	27	35	39	40	34	28	33	25
Arkansas	40	40	44	45	50	50	50	50	50	46
California	13	17	19	19	12	14	24	19	23	24
Colorado	21	21	12	24	30	29	28	26	13	9
Connecticut	8	14	9	20	9	3	6	4	8	19
Delaware	43	43	37	40	32	32	33	47	46	49
Florida	44	44	43	42	42	44	43	48	48	50
Georgia	41	41	45	34	21	35	38	37	39	28
Hawaii	6	4	4	2	1	1	3	5	5	4
Idaho	22	26	20	29	15	11	11	9	13	2
Illinois	31	32	26	30	26	17	30	27	32	32
Indiana	28	29	25	26	35	39	37	39	31	30
Iowa	3	5	15	6	7	8	1	8	21	20
Kansas	12	7	11	8	6	26	8	12	18	23
Kentucky	33	31	33	37	44	45	40	41	44	18
Louisiana	49	48	49	50	49	48	49	49	48	40
Maine	11	8	6	7	14	27	21	7	17	43
Maryland	37	33	28	25	18	15	17	18	19	13
Massachusetts	9	10	8	8	16	10	20	15	9	34
Michigan	27	27	31	33	31	37	42	33	30	38
Minnesota	2	2	3	1	2	2	5	6	1	6
Mississippi	50	50	50	49	45	42	44	45	38	33
Missouri	39	38	36	38	48	43	46	42	47	48
Montana	17	13	32	12	11	12	18	24	12	7
Nebraska	5	6	10	5	10	9	9	13	4	10
Nevada	46	46	46	47	39	41	47	38	45	42
New Hampshire	4	3	1	4	3	4	7	1	3	12
New Jersey	15	16	17	23	25	22	22	21	24	31
New Mexico	48	45	39	44	34	27	26	29	27	22
New York	38	34	42	43	28	18	32	33	34	36
North Carolina	34	35	34	32	27	19	25	35	36	35
North Dakota	7	9	23	13	29	24	13	25	10	8
Ohio	24	22	21	18	33	31	31	30	29	39
Oklahoma	32	36	29	31	38	34	27	44	43	26
Oregon	18	18	14	17	24	21	22	17	15	27
Pennsylvania	23	20	30	22	37	38	40	31	28	45
Rhode Island	16	15	13	21	22	30	29	22	11	43
South Carolina	45	49	47	46	43	36	38	43	35	29
South Dakota	20	23	38	27	8	20	16	23	25	10
Tennessee	36	39	40	39	47	46	36	40	41	37
Texas	42	42	41	41	36	33	35	35	37	14
Utah	10	12	5	10	5	5	4	3	6	1
Vermont	1	1	2	3	4	6	2	2	2	15
Virginia	19	18	16	16	16	13	10	10	22	17
Washington	14	11	7	10	13	7	15	11	7	5
West Virginia	30	30	35	36	41	49	45	46	39	41
Wisconsin	26	24	22	15	23	23	18	16	20	21
Wyoming	25	25	23	14	18	25	12	20	16	3