freethefly 6 #1 December 5, 2006 http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006.html click on the view Health Rankings online link for the menu to see rank and comparrisons. Missouri ranked 35 overall with 1 being best and 50 beng worst."...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #2 December 5, 2006 Good Lord, OK is 44. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy 0 #3 December 5, 2006 why is 44 Okay? Dave Fallschirmsport Marl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #4 December 5, 2006 It was an exclamation Like "Good grief, we're 44!" Not that it surprises me. I've lived in better places, TX, AK, WA & CA steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #5 December 5, 2006 America’s Health Rankings ™– 2006 Edition shows Minnesota at the top of the list of healthiest states. "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vpozzoli 0 #6 December 5, 2006 Quotewhy is 44 Okay? I believe OK in this context is short for Oklahoma? I guess this is where Steveorino is from. Cheers, Vale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freethefly 6 #7 December 5, 2006 QuoteQuotewhy is 44 Okay? I believe OK in this context is short for Oklahoma? I guess this is where Steveorino is from. Cheers, Vale You believe right, Vale in Europe/Italy. Sometimes we forget that everyone may not understand our state abbreviations."...And once you're gone, you can't come back When you're out of the blue and into the black." Neil Young Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #8 December 5, 2006 QuoteQuotewhy is 44 Okay? I believe OK in this context is short for Oklahoma? I guess this is where Steveorino is from. Cheers, Vale Not "from" but I am living there now. You mean EVERYONE doesn't understand what we say in English if speak slow and loud? steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildfan75 1 #9 December 5, 2006 QuoteAmerica’s Health Rankings ™– 2006 Edition shows Minnesota at the top of the list of healthiest states. Yeah!! Obviously I wasn't included in the survey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #10 December 5, 2006 QuoteQuoteAmerica’s Health Rankings ™– 2006 Edition shows Minnesota at the top of the list of healthiest states. Yeah!! Obviously I wasn't included in the survey. Yeah!! Obviously I wasn't included in the survey either."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #11 December 5, 2006 Sucks to live in a RED state ... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #12 December 5, 2006 For those who don't want to download the whole 5MB file: Quote1 Minnesota 2 Vermont 3 New Hampshire 4 Hawaii 5 Connecticut 6 Utah 7 Massachusetts 8 North Dakota 9 Maine 10 Wisconsin 11 Iowa 12 Nebraska 13 Rhode Island 14 New Jersey 15 Washington 16 Colorado 17 Kansas 18 South Dakota 19 Idaho 19 Oregon 21 Virginia 22 Montana 23 California 23 Wyoming 25 Illinois 25 Ohio 27 Michigan 28 Pennsylvania 29 New York 30 Delaware 31 Alaska 32 Maryland 33 Indiana 34 Arizona 35 Missouri 36 North Carolina 37 Texas 38 Nevada 39 Kentucky 40 New Mexico 41 Florida 42 Georgia 43 West Virginia 44 Oklahoma 45 Alabama 46 Arkansas 47 Tennessee 48 South Carolina 49 Mississippi 50 Louisiana Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCclimber 0 #13 December 5, 2006 Looking at the top ten, only two have a Summer longer than a few weeks. And most of the bttom third are sun belt states. Hmmm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 December 5, 2006 QuoteFor those who don't want to download the whole 5MB file: Quote1 Minnesota 2 Vermont 3 New Hampshire 4 Hawaii 5 Connecticut 6 Utah 7 Massachusetts 8 North Dakota 9 Maine 10 Wisconsin 11 Iowa 12 Nebraska 13 Rhode Island 14 New Jersey 15 Washington 16 Colorado 17 Kansas 18 South Dakota 19 Idaho 19 Oregon 21 Virginia 22 Montana 23 California 23 Wyoming 25 Illinois 25 Ohio 27 Michigan 28 Pennsylvania 29 New York 30 Delaware 31 Alaska 32 Maryland 33 Indiana 34 Arizona 35 Missouri 36 North Carolina 37 Texas 38 Nevada 39 Kentucky 40 New Mexico 41 Florida 42 Georgia 43 West Virginia 44 Oklahoma 45 Alabama 46 Arkansas 47 Tennessee 48 South Carolina 49 Mississippi 50 Louisiana Based on 2004 Presidential Election results. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #15 December 5, 2006 Nice touch. Face it, someone's always gonna be 1st, someone's always gonna be 50th. Even our 50th is better than 90% of the rest of the world...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #16 December 5, 2006 QuoteNice touch. Face it, someone's always gonna be 1st, someone's always gonna be 50th. Don't you find it significant the RED states cluster at the bottom. Median ranking BLUE states = 14 Median ranking RED states = 35 What is the probability of that being random chance? Quote Even our 50th is better than 90% of the rest of the world... Not Western Europe. Comparing us to Cambodia, Uganda or Cameroon is pretty faint praise.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #17 December 6, 2006 holy crap! Maryland is the worst of the blue states! Top third of states = 68% blue, 32% red Middle third= 50/50 Bottom third = 100% Red Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #18 December 6, 2006 obivously voting Republican is hazardous to your health. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #19 December 6, 2006 Quoteobivously voting Republican is hazardous to your health. Not obvious. It could be that sickos voted for Bush.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #20 December 6, 2006 Quoteholy crap! Maryland is the worst of the blue states! Top third of states = 68% blue, 32% red Middle third= 50/50 Bottom third = 100% Red I wonder what that actually reflects. I wonder how they'd compare if the states were ranked by poverty levels. I don't know exactly what the correlation between states that voted Republican and poor health ranking means. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #21 December 6, 2006 What it actually reflects is that most of the states at the bottom of the list are in the southeast quadrant of the US. Interesting sociological correlations might be extrapolated from that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #22 December 6, 2006 QuoteWhat it actually reflects is that most of the states at the bottom of the list are in the southeast quadrant of the US. Interesting sociological correlations might be extrapolated from that. Like?? I think, for instance, it's likely that because there are so many uneducated, unskilled, unemployed people in this part of the country that the people who work for a modest living (and also vote) don't want the money they need to feed their children to go to those who don't work. Those same poor people don't tend to be very healthy. That's just one guess though.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #23 December 6, 2006 QuoteWhat it actually reflects is that most of the states at the bottom of the list are in the southeast quadrant of the US. Interesting sociological correlations might be extrapolated from that. I know that some of those Blue states have a state medicaid health care system.. I wonder how many of the red states have that. you know.. some actual health care for the poorest of the people in their states. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #24 December 6, 2006 I think that most states have Medicaid. I work for one of the AHECs in our state, and we provide health care for some of the very poorest people in this country....folks in the Arkansas Delta. Some of them have Medicaid. Some have nothing. You don't usually need a payment source to get health care at a teaching institution. It's amazing, though, that even though health care is available, people don't take advantage of what's available until they're very ill, and then it's common for people to only do what's necessary to get over the current exacerbation of whatever it is....and nothing to keep the next bout at bay. There are a lot of issues involved besides what is available to people and which party is in power. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #25 December 6, 2006 QuoteWhat it actually reflects is that most of the states at the bottom of the list are in the southeast quadrant of the US. Interesting sociological correlations might be extrapolated from that. or merely that southern cuisine favors frying and a lot of people retire there. It's silly to read much into the distribution other than to decide how to allocate money to improve national health. Besides, we're all individuals, not states. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
