Here are the 50 states and District of Columbia ranked by "healthy lives," according to data from the Commonwealth Fund.
The metric includes measures of premature death, health status, health risk behaviors and factors, and tooth loss.
|
Rank |
State |
|
1 (tie) |
Massachusetts |
|
1 (tie) |
Hawaii |
|
3 |
Utah |
|
4 |
New Jersey |
|
5 |
Minnesota |
|
6 |
New York |
|
7 |
Connecticut |
|
8 |
Washington |
|
9 |
New Hampshire |
|
10 |
California |
|
11 |
Colorado |
|
12 (tie) |
Rhode Island |
|
12 (tie) |
Nebraska |
|
14 |
Maryland |
|
15 |
Idaho |
|
16 |
Illinois |
|
17 |
Vermont |
|
18 |
Virginia |
|
19 |
Wisconsin |
|
20 |
District of Columbia |
|
21 |
North Dakota |
|
22 |
Oregon |
|
23 |
Pennsylvania |
|
24 |
Iowa |
|
25 |
Florida |
|
26 |
Kansas |
|
27 |
Delaware |
|
28 |
Montana |
|
29 |
Texas |
|
30 (tie) |
North Carolina |
|
30 (tie) |
Maine |
|
32 |
Arizona |
|
33 |
Georgia |
|
34 (tie) |
Wyoming |
|
34 (tie) |
Michigan |
|
36 |
Nevada |
|
37 |
South Dakota |
|
38 |
Indiana |
|
39 |
Ohio |
|
40 |
Missouri |
|
41 |
Alaska |
|
42 |
South Carolina |
|
43 |
Alabama |
|
44 |
Oklahoma |
|
45 |
Tennessee |
|
46 |
Louisiana |
|
47 |
New Mexico |
|
48 |
Arkansas |
|
49 |
Kentucky |
|
50 |
Mississippi |
|
51 |
West Virginia |