The 2012 County Health Rankings have just been published. The Rankings serve as an annual evaluation regarding key indicators that influence our health such as education and income levels, access to nutritious foods and medical care, as well as other lifestyle behaviors which affect our health.
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) published these rankings which can be found at www.countyhealthrankings.org. They assess the overall health of nearly every county in the United States using standard methods for measuring how healthy people are. They consider four categories: “health behavior, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment.” [Read more…] about Our County’s Health Rankings, How do We Compare?