New Rankings Show Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties in Oklahoma Prioritizing Infrastructure Investments Can Fuel More Civically Active Communities and Healthier Residents
Madison, Wis. — Canadian County ranks the healthiest in Oklahoma and Harmon is the least healthy county in the state, according to new County Health Rankings data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI). The Rankings are available at www.countyhealthrankings.org.
For more than a decade, Rankings’ data, evidence, guidance and stories have broadened the nation’s understanding about the multiple factors that shape health. This year, we find that counties with well-resourced civic infrastructure have higher rates of high school completion, higher household incomes, less income inequality and lower rates of children in poverty and uninsured adults. In these communities, people also tend to live longer.
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