Study: Douglas County is state's healthiest followed by Eagle County
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- Created on Wednesday, 06 April 2011 13:29
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By KATHRYN CORAZZELLI, SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
After being ranked the fourth most active county in Colorado, it should come as no surprise Summit County was also recently named the fifth healthiest in the state. Summit came in behind the counties of Boulder, Pitkin, Eagle and Douglas, which ranked first.
The study — County Health Rankings — was a collaboration between The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and reported the rankings of counties in every state. In Colorado, 57 counties were studied. Cheyenne, Dolores, Hinsdale, Jackson, Kiowa, Mineral and San Juan counties were not ranked due to insufficient data.
Results were tallied according to a variety of health measures, broken up into three categories: health outcomes (mortality and morbidity); health factors ( health behaviors, clinical care, social and economical factors, and physical environment); and programs and policies. Sub-categories included: tobacco use, diet and exercise, alcohol use, access and quality of clinical care, education, income and environmental quality. In Summit County, smoking, obesity, unemployment and preventable hospital stays were below state average, while the percentage of uninsured adults, low birth weight and motor vehicle crash death rate were higher.
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