These 15 Counties Have The Healthiest People In All Of Minnesota
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Jo Magliocco
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If you’re looking to improve your health, you should definitely take a tip or two from the residents of these counties. Based on date compiled from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, here are the 15 healthiest counties in Minnesota!
With just 8% of adults in poor or fair health, the only problem that Carver seems to face is excessive drinking to the tune of 26% of adults.
Wilkin ranks high for the longevity of its residents! Probably from keeping those helmets on!
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Nobles' adults are keeping the county on track! Only 10% smoke and only 9% report excessive drinking - much lower than the national and Minnesota averages.
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People in Fillmore are happy and healthy reporting an average of only 1.6 days of poor mental health per month compared to the state average of 2.6.
Another county with high scores for quality of life, McLeod also has only 8% of residents reporting poor or fair health.
With only 7% of adults reporting poor or fair health, Redwood hangs onto 6th place despite high obesity and drinking rates.
Washington County residents are living a long time, maybe because of the above average level of access to healthy food!
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Scott county has only 13% smokers and very few children in poverty making it the 8th healthiest county in MN.
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Carrying on the tradition started by Dr. William W Mayo, Le Sueur has healthy adults and great longevity.
It's no wonder Wright County is so healthy with less than 18% reporting physical inactivity and so many public health advocates!
Brown County residents only report 2 days of poor mental health per month - all that good beer probably helps.
With only 7% of residents reporting poor or fair health, Steele's only downfall is that they aren't quite living as long as they used to!
20% of Waseca County's residents report inactivity and the number is increasing. Keep exercising to stay in the top 15 Waseca!
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With little violent crime, healthy children, and long lives, Dodge County ends up in 14th likely due to the obesity rate of 33%.
Finally, rounding out the top 15, Olmsted hangs on - largely in part to being the home of MN's premiere medical city, Rochester.
Did your county make the list? If it didn’t, how do you think health could be improved? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
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