Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Utah are the five healthiest states of the year, while the five least healthy are Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi and, coming in last, Louisiana, according to the annual America's Health Rankings report, released last week. "A rank means that you overall are healthier than the states below you in the rank and are overall less healthy than the states above you in the rank," said Dr. Rhonda Randall, chief medical officer of UnitedHealthcare National Markets and a senior adviser to the America's Health Rankings report. "The report provides a benchmark of how the health of each state's population has changed year over year, by comparison to other states, and insights into challenges and successes. Obesity rates also appeared to be high in many of the states ranked as least healthy. As an example, the smoking trend in the United States has come down consistently over the 29 years of this report.

Source: CNN December 20, 2018 09:45 UTC