How healthy is Wisconsin?

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The UnitedHealth Foundation, the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the Partnership for Prevention have put out the 20th annual report of "America's Health Rankings." Vermont is the healthiest state overall and Mississippi in the unhealthiest. Guess where WI is.......

Overall state ranking for WI, not too bad, we are number 13 out of the 50 United States. The measures can then be broken down individually to see how each state ranks.
 
For example:
Binge Drinking, WI ranks number 50 (Terrible!)
Cardiovascular Deaths, WI ranks number 21
Diabetes, WI ranks number 8 (we are doing pretty good here!)
High School Graduation WI is actually number 1!
Obesity, constantly on the rise, WI is number 21
Heart disease, WI is number 15
Heart attack, WI is number 10
Stroke, WI is number 5
 
Each category has a definition that you can read to understand what was measured. You can even compare state to state. Click this link to see more data:
http://statehealthstats.americashealthrankings.org/#/country/US/2011/Stroke
 
 

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