Hawaii is the state with the best health outcomes, according to data published by the United Health Foundation Dec. 5.
The data compared the sums of weighted z-scores from the health outcomes measures ranking in the foundation's annual report.
Here are the 50 states ranked by health outcomes:
- Hawaii
- Massachusetts
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Utah
- Maryland
- Rhode Island
- New Hampshire
- Vermont
- California
- Idaho
- South Dakota
- Washington
- Iowa
- Maine
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- Delaware
- Colorado
- Florida
- Texas
- Virginia
- Oregon
- Kansas
- Pennsylvania
- Alaska
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- North Carolina
- Arizona
- Nevada
- South Carolina
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Kentucky
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Tennessee
- Louisiana
- West Virginia
- Arkansas