2013年美国“最健康的州”：夏威夷

据2013年版《美国各州健康状况排行榜》（America's Health Rankings），夏威夷州是美国最健康的州。

自从1990年该排行榜启动时起，夏威夷就从未掉出过前六名，前一次夺冠是在2008年。佛蒙特州在之前的4年中一直位居榜首，在2013年落到“榜眼”位置，其次是明尼苏达州、马萨诸塞州及新罕布什尔州。垫底的5个州为西弗吉尼亚州（46）和位于美国东南部的以下四州：阿拉巴马州（47）、路易斯安那州（48）、阿肯色州（49）和密西西比州（50）。密西西比州自从1990年启动排行榜时起，就一直在倒数前3名之列。

对于2013年的这份报告，调查者使用了27项代表健康各个方面的参数对各州进行排行，这些参数被分成如下5大类：行为、社区与环境、政策、临床医疗及结局。

“美国健康排行榜”由联合健康基金会、美国公共卫生协会以及预防伙伴联合发表。私立的非营利性联合健康基金会成立于1999年，创始人为运营联合健康保险公司的联合健康集团。

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By: RICHARD FRANKI, Cardiology News Digital Network

Residents of Hawaii are living in America’s healthiest state, according to "America's Health Rankings- 2013 Edition."

Hawaii, which has never finished out of the top six since the rankings began in 1990, reclaimed the top spot it last held in 2008. Vermont, which finished first in each of the previous 4 years, was second in 2013, followed by Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

The bottom five consisted of West Virginia (46) and four states in the Southeast: Alabama (47), Louisiana (48), Arkansas (49), and Mississippi (50). Mississippi has finished "among the bottom three states since the inception of the rankings in 1990," the report said.

For the 2013 report, each state was ranked using 27 measures that represent various aspects of health, grouped into five categories: behaviors, community and environment, policy, clinical care, and outcomes.

"America’s Health Rankings" is published jointly by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association, and the Partnership for Prevention. The private, not-for-profit United Health Foundation was founded in 1999 by UnitedHealth Group, which operates UnitedHealthcare.