Wednesday, March 30, 2011

How Healthy Is Your County?

The 2011 County Health Rankings from UW Population Health Institute are out!
The Institute has used a specific model since 2003 to evaluate the health of each county in each state nationwide. This model weighs the county's programs and policies, health factors and health outcomes to come up with a final ranking. These categories include:

  • Physical environment - Environmental quality and built environment
  • Social and economic factors - Education, employment, income, family & social support, community safety
  • Clinical care - Access to care, quality of care
  • Health behaviors - Tobacco use, diet & exercise, alcohol use and unsafe sex
  • Morbidity (quality of life)
  • Mortality (length of life)
The top ranked county of 2011 is... drum roll please.... Ozaukee County!! Way to go! Ozaukee County was #1 in health outcomes and health factors!
Click here to see other top finishers

Click here for the interactive map of Wisconsin to compare counties around the state!

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