(Concord, NH) - Rockingham County has been ranked the healthiest county in New Hampshire and Coos County the least healthy , according to the seventh annual County Health Rankings released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

County Health Rankings
County Health Rankings
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The Rankings are an easy-to-use snapshot comparing the health of nearly every county in the nation. The local-level data allow each state to see
how its counties compare on more than 30 factors that influence health, including education, housing, jobs, smoking, access to healthy food, and more.

The rankings also looked at rates of premature death, obesity, child poverty, teen births, and education.

 

According to the 2016 Rankings, after Rockingham County, Merrimack County is the next healthiest, followed by Grafton, Carroll, Hillsborough, Belknap, Cheshire, Strafford, Sullivan, and Coos.

To learn more about the County Health Rankings 2016 findings, go to countyhealthrankings.org.

For more information about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, visit www.rwjf.org.
For information about the DHHS Division of Public Health Services and the Public Health Networks, go to
www.dhhs.nh.gov.

 

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