Area rankings
TENNESSEE(Ranking out of 95 counties)Hamilton: 13Bledsoe: 15Bradley: 23Franklin: 30Coffee: 44McMinn: 48Sequatchie: 53Marion: 61Polk: 63Rhea: 65Meigs: 94Grundy: 95GEORGIA(Ranking out of 159 counties)Catoosa: 17Whitfield: 41Gordon: 57Dade: 73Chattooga: 78Murray: 90Walker: 93ALABAMA(Ranking out of 67 counties)Dekalb: 18Cherokee: 35Jackson: 39
Taking action
What can communities do to create opportunity and health for all?*Invest in education from early childhood through adulthood to boost employment and career prospects.Increase or supplement income and support asset development in low income households.Ensure that everyone has adequate, affordable health care coverage and receives culturally competent services and care.Foster social connections within communities and cultivate empowered and civically engaged youth.* According to the 2018 County Health Rankings Key Findings Report)
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Where people live can affect their quality and longevity of life, and health is influenced by many factors beyond medical care, including social, economic and environmental conditions, according to a new report that ranks counties across the country.
In Tennessee, Williamson, Wilson and Rutherford counties outside Nashville rank as the healthiest in the state, according to the ninth annual County Health Rankings. Grundy and Meigs counties in Southeast Tennessee and Lake County in the northwest corner of the state are Tennessee’s least healthy counties.