County Health Rankings Report 2010

All counties in all of 50 U.S. States are actually ranked in County Health Rankings Report 2010 released from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and also the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The county-by-county health rankings online report are visible full at www.countyhealthrankings.org

There were five factors used to assess the kind of general health or “health outcomes” to the state by county:

• the rate of people dying before age 75;
• the percentage of people who report being in fair or poor health;
• the number of days people report being in poor physical health;
• the number of days people report being in poor mental health;
• and the rate of low-birthweight infants.

Brookings, SD tops overall rankings on “Health Outcomes”:

1. Brookings
2. Lincoln
3. Clay
4. Union
5. Turner
6. Hamlin
7. Spink
8. Brown
9. Hughes
10. Yankton