New Mexico, Colorado top healthiest U.S. communities list
Los Alamos County in New Mexico is the healthiest community in the country, according to this year’s U.S. News & World Report and Aetna Foundation list of the healthiest communities. Here’s a closer look at the rankings:
- The design: This year's rankings looked at 3,000 U.S. communities and assessed them across 84 metrics, including access to health care, food availability, and housing affordability.
- The findings: Los Alamos County in New Mexico earned the top spot this year, pushing last year's winner of Douglas County, Colo. to second. Two other Colorado counties also earned spots among the top five.
- A key takeaway: This year's analysis also found that the healthier the community, the lower the Covid-19 infection case rate. Los Alamos County's infection rate has been among the 100 lowest, while the 500 healthiest communities have had an overall case rate that's 40% lower than the other communities included in this year's rankings.
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