State
Health Rankings and Successes
State
Health Rankings and Presidential Electoral Winners
Where's
the moral values in Illness?
Each state is listed with a score showing
the IQ rating and health percentage above or below the national norm Source:
America's Health: State Health Rankings — 2004 Edition IQ info from:
http://www.rense.com/general59/iq.jpg
Kerry carried 8 of the 10 healthiest states. Bush carried the 16 sickest.
Only 2 Kerry states below the National Norm. 80% of the sickest 25 states carried
by Bush
1
|
Minnesota
|
11
|
25
|
KERRY
|
2
|
New
Hampshire |
8
|
23.9
|
KERRY
|
3
|
Vermont
|
12
|
22.8
|
KERRY
|
4
|
Hawaii
|
6
|
17.7
|
KERRY
|
5
|
Utah
|
49
|
17.6
|
Bush
|
6
|
Massachusetts
|
2
|
17.3
|
KERRY
|
|
7
|
North
Dakota |
39
|
15.8
|
Bush |
8
|
Connecticut
|
1
|
15
|
KERRY
|
9
|
Wisconsin
|
18
|
14.4
|
KERRY
|
10
|
Maine
|
16
|
13.7
|
KERRY
|
11
|
Iowa
|
20
|
13.2
|
Bush
|
12
|
Nebraska
|
29
|
11.7
|
Bush
|
13
|
Colorado
|
19
|
11.6
|
Bush
|
14
|
Rhode
Island |
5
|
10.9
|
KERRY
|
15
|
Washington
|
13
|
9.1
|
KERRY
|
16
|
Kansas
|
28
|
7.3
|
Bush
|
17
|
New
Jersey |
3
|
7.2
|
KERRY
|
18
|
Idaho
|
48
|
6.4
|
Bush
|
19
|
South
Dakota |
45
|
6.3
|
Bush
|
20
|
Virginia
|
17
|
5.9
|
Bush
|
21
|
Oregon
|
24
|
5.2
|
KERRY
|
22
|
California
|
14
|
3.6
|
KERRY
|
| 23
|
Arizona
|
30
|
3
|
Bush
|
24
|
Alaska
|
25
|
2.9
|
Bush
|
25
|
Pennsylvania
|
15
|
2.8
|
KERRY
|
26
|
Montana
|
43
|
2.1
|
Bush
|
26
|
Ohio
|
23
|
2.1
|
Bush
|
28
|
Wyoming
|
47
|
2
|
Bush
|
29
|
Illinois
|
9
|
0.3
|
KERRY
|
29
|
Michigan
|
21
|
0.3
|
KERRY
|
31
|
New
York |
4
|
0.1
|
KERRY
|
32
|
Delaware
|
10
|
-0.1
|
KERRY
|
32
|
Indiana
|
31
|
-0.1
|
Bush
|
34
|
Maryland
|
7
|
-2.0
|
KERRY
|
35
|
Texas
|
40
|
-2.7
|
Bush
|
36
|
Missouri
|
27
|
-4.2
|
Bush
|
37
|
Nevada
|
22
|
-5.8
|
Bush
|
38
|
New
Mexico |
38
|
-6.6
|
Bush
|
39
|
Kentucky
|
37
|
-
7.1 |
Bush
|
40
|
Oklahoma
|
44
|
-7.2
|
Bush
|
41
|
N.
Carolina |
33
|
-7.5
|
Bush
|
42
|
Florida
|
26
|
-8.4
|
Bush
|
43
|
Alabama
|
41
|
-10.4
|
Bush
|
43
|
West
Virginia |
34
|
-10.4
|
Bush
|
45
|
Georgia
|
36
|
-11.1
|
Bush
|
46
|
Arkansas
|
35
|
-12.1
|
Bush
|
47
|
S
Carolina |
46
|
-12.9
|
Bush
|
48
|
Tennessee
|
32
|
-13.1
|
Bush
|
49
|
Mississippi
|
50
|
-20.2
|
Bush
|
50
|
Louisiana
|
42
|
-21.3
|
Bush
|
|
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