Annual County Health Rankings released

The annual County Health Rankings were released this week and once again illustrate how health is connected to geographic location (Source: “Delaware is Ohio’s healthiest county, study says,” Columbus Dispatch, March 26, 2014).

Delaware County remains the healthiest Ohio county in which to live, according to the annual rankings, and Geauga County residents are the healthiest overall. Southern and southeastern Ohio counties, as in years past, generally fared the worst, according to the rankings compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

According to the rankings website, “The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. They provide a starting point for change in communities.”