New Hampshire fifth healthiest state
October 8, 2009 by Staff Reporter
Filed under Health
A new “scorecard” lists “shockingly wide variations” among the states when it comes to the health of their residents, says the president of the Commonwealth Fund, which compared such factors as access to care, insurance coverage and avoidable hospital admissions.
“The differences we see among the states translate to real lives and real dollars,” Karen Davis said Wednesday at a news conference….
Overall, Vermont ranked No. 1 and Mississippi came in last, the same position it held when the Commonwealth Fund compiled its first scorecard in 2007. Hawaii, which was second this year, ranked first, ahead of Vermont, in 2007. The same 13 states made up the top quarter in both 2007 and 2009, although their specific rankings shifted. And 10 of the 13 states in the lowest quarter in 2009 also ranked at the bottom in 2007.
