America’s Health Ratings 2009 report ranks states according to overall healthiness. Mississippi is the least healthy state and Vermont is the healthiest state. The ranking methodology is available here.
The following states are the least healthy (starting with the least healthy):
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- Louisiana
- South Carolina
- Nevada
- Tennessee
- Georgia
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
The following states are the most healthy:
- Vermont
- Utah
- Massachusetts
- Hawaii
- New Hampshire
- Minnesota
- Connecticut
- Colorado
- Maine
- Rhode Island