Comments on: Do You Live in a Healthy State? http://www.thehealthblog.com/do-you-live-in-a-healthy-state/ A blog about proper health and nutrition habits Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelly http://www.thehealthblog.com/do-you-live-in-a-healthy-state/#comment-141 Kelly Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:35:15 +0000 http://thehealthblog.com/index.php/2006/12/07/do-you-live-in-a-healthy-state/#comment-141 My state of Illinois is dead-center (#25). But it's also cited as the MOST IMPROVED. I guess my state is kind of like the ugly duckling that developed into --not a swan-- but a mediocre duck. The reports states the higher IL rank thusly: The prevalence of smoking declined from 22.2 percent to 19.9 percent of the population.The percentage of children in poverty declined from 18.0 percent to 15.6 percent of persons under age 18.The infant mortality rate declined from 7.2 to 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births. Woo-hoo! By the way, a big college town (near to where) I live just passed a city ordinance that waives the liquor license fee for any establishment that goes smoke-free. Which is AWESOME! Hopefully 2007 will be our swan song! My state of Illinois is dead-center (#25).

But it’s also cited as the MOST IMPROVED. I guess my state is kind of like the ugly duckling that developed into –not a swan– but a mediocre duck.

The reports states the higher IL rank thusly:
The prevalence of smoking declined from 22.2 percent to 19.9 percent of the population.The percentage of children in poverty declined from 18.0 percent to 15.6 percent of persons under age 18.The infant mortality rate declined from 7.2 to 7.0 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Woo-hoo!

By the way, a big college town (near to where) I live just passed a city ordinance that waives the liquor license fee for any establishment that goes smoke-free. Which is AWESOME!

Hopefully 2007 will be our swan song!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.thehealthblog.com/do-you-live-in-a-healthy-state/#comment-140 Stephen Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:26:01 +0000 http://thehealthblog.com/index.php/2006/12/07/do-you-live-in-a-healthy-state/#comment-140 Colorado is 16: http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/Findings.html#Findings Colorado is 16: http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ahr2006/Findings.html#Findings

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