Mapped: America's healthiest, least healthy states

For all its regulation, how healthy is Michigan?

#33. 

The numbers map is worth visiting the Axios link; the rest of the article is behind pay wall.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/state-health-rankings-2026-healthiest-places-to-live

Mapped: America's healthiest, least healthy states

Mike Allen    |    Jan 8, 2026

2025 America's Health Rankings
Analysis of social and economic factors, physical environment, clinical care, behaviors and health outcomes

A state-by-state health report card, out today from the United Health Foundation, finds an array of encouraging signs for America: Rates for premature death, drug deaths, firearm deaths and homicides all fell. Rates of cancer screenings, physical activity and volunteerism all increased.

But rates of e-cigarette use and multiple chronic conditions increased. Homelessness and unemployment — socioeconomic factors that help determine the nation's health — rose.
Why it matters: America's Health Rankings — from the United Health Foundation, established by UnitedHealth Group — synthesize 99 measures of health and well-being, drawn from 31 data sources, to produce a "comprehensive portrait of health at both the national and state levels."

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