The report is based on factors such as personal behaviors, the environment people live and work in, decisions by public and elected officials, and the quality of medical care delivered by health professionals.
Examples include smoking, motor vehicle deaths, high school graduation rates, children in poverty, access to care and incidence of preventable disease.
Although we dropped one spot from last year, our overall score was up by .2 points.
1 Minnesota 21.2
2 Vermont 20.5
3 New Hampshire 18.9
4 Hawaii 17.9
5 Connecticut 17.2
6 Utah 16.3
7 Massachusetts 15.3
8 North Dakota 15.0
9 Maine 13.7
10 Wisconsin 13.3
11 Iowa 12.5
12 Nebraska 12.4
13 Rhode Island 11.4
14 New Jersey 11.0
15 Washington 10.2