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2008 results

The results for 2008 Edition are below. These have been restated from the printed 2008 Edition to reflect the change in methodology.

2008 Rankings
ALPHABETICAL BY STATE			RANK ORDER
2008 RANK (1-50)	STATE	SCORE	2008 RANK (1-50)	STATE	SCORE
46	Alabama	-0.477	1	Hawaii	1.045
32	Alaska	-0.005	2	Connecticut	0.937
27	Arizona	0.107	3	Minnesota	0.929
44	Arkansas	-0.465	4	Vermont	0.927
24	California	0.333	5	Utah	0.919
14	Colorado	0.500	6	New Hampshire	0.862
2	Connecticut	0.937	7	Massachusetts	0.848
33	Delaware	-0.079	8	Idaho	0.620
36	Florida	-0.187	9	Nebraska	0.596
41	Georgia	-0.345	10	Rhode Island	0.583
1	Hawaii	1.045	11	North Dakota	0.526
8	Idaho	0.620	12	Maine	0.523
29	Illinois	0.020	13	Washington	0.505
35	Indiana	-0.186	14	Colorado	0.500
16	Iowa	0.493	15	New Jersey	0.499
23	Kansas	0.346	16	Iowa	0.493
39	Kentucky	-0.335	17	Wisconsin	0.435
49	Louisiana	-0.702	18	Oregon	0.431
12	Maine	0.523	19	Wyoming	0.410
22	Maryland	0.365	20	South Dakota	0.378
7	Massachusetts	0.848	21	Virginia	0.367
31	Michigan	-0.004	22	Maryland	0.365
3	Minnesota	0.929	23	Kansas	0.346
50	Mississippi	-0.848	24	California	0.333
38	Missouri	-0.320	25	Montana	0.278
25	Montana	0.278	26	New York	0.218
9	Nebraska	0.596	27	Arizona	0.107
42	Nevada	-0.424	28	New Mexico	0.058
6	New Hampshire	0.862	29	Illinois	0.020
15	New Jersey	0.499	30	Pennsylvania	0.000
28	New Mexico	0.058	31	Michigan	-0.004
26	New York	0.218	32	Alaska	-0.005
37	North Carolina	-0.200	33	Delaware	-0.079
11	North Dakota	0.526	34	Ohio	-0.103
34	Ohio	-0.103	35	Indiana	-0.186
47	Oklahoma	-0.484	36	Florida	-0.187
18	Oregon	0.431	37	North Carolina	-0.200
30	Pennsylvania	0.000	38	Missouri	-0.320
10	Rhode Island	0.583	39	Kentucky	-0.335
45	South Carolina	-0.475	40	Texas	-0.341
20	South Dakota	0.378	41	Georgia	-0.345
48	Tennessee	-0.558	42	Nevada	-0.424
40	Texas	-0.341	43	West Virginia	-0.451
5	Utah	0.919	44	Arkansas	-0.465
4	Vermont	0.927	45	South Carolina	-0.475
21	Virginia	0.367	46	Alabama	-0.477
13	Washington	0.505	47	Oklahoma	-0.484
43	West Virginia	-0.451	48	Tennessee	-0.558
17	Wisconsin	0.435	49	Louisiana	-0.702
19	Wyoming	0.410	50	Mississippi	-0.848

The methodology used for America's Health Rankings was updated in the 2009 Edition to provide an improved comparison of national health on a state-by-state basis. This change was recommended by the scientific advisory committee who guides the creation of the Rankings to better reflect the true differences among states. As a result, the ranks published in earlier editions have changed. The new methodology was applied retroactively over the last 20 years of data making it possible to do a side-by-side historical comparison at the state level.

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