The healthiest, least healthiest Michigan counties

New report ranks Michigan counties by health

A new report released this week shows how Michigan counties rank by health.

County Health Rankings released the report, which places Wayne County in dead last for health in the state.

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The overall rankings in health outcomes represent how healthy counties are within the state.

The healthiest county in the state is ranked No. 1. The ranks are based on two types of measures: how long people live and how healthy people feel while alive.

The report also found that Michigan's smoking rate (21%) is above the national average (17%).

Michigan also has a higher STD rate, drinking rate children in single-parent households than the national average.

Here are the counties ranked from healthy to least healthy in Michigan:

1 Ottawa (OT)
2 Clinton (CN)
3 Livingston (LI)
4 Grand Traverse (GT)
5 Leelanau (LL)
6 Emmet (EM)
7 Midland (MD)
8 Washtenaw (WA)
9 Barry (BR)
10 Oakland (OK)
11 Charlevoix (CH)
12 Houghton (HO)
13 Allegan (AE)
14 Marquette (MQ)
15 Lapeer (LP)
16 Eaton (EA)
17 Kent (KN)
18 Schoolcraft (SH)
19 Ionia (IO)
20 Dickinson (DI)
21 Missaukee (MI)
22 Gogebic (GO)
23 Antrim (AN)
24 Iron (IR)
25 Mackinac (MK)
26 Benzie (BE)
27 Hillsdale (HI)
28 Cheboygan (CE)
29 Chippewa (CI)
30 Shiawassee (SW)
31 Alger (AG)
32 Montcalm (MN)
33 Manistee (MS)
34 Bay (BY)
35 Osceola (OE)
36 Cass (CS)
37 Kalamazoo (KM)
38 Gratiot (GA)
39 Alcona (AL)
40 Tuscola (TU)
41 Presque Isle (PR)
42 Delta (DE)
43 Keweenaw (KE)
44 Monroe (MR)
45 Sanilac (SN)
46 Mason (MA)
47 Newaygo (NE)
48 Lenawee (LE)
49 Menominee (MM)
50 Isabella (IA)
51 Huron (HU)
52 Otsego (OS)
53 St. Clair (SC)
54 Branch (BN)
55 Jackson (JA)
56 Ingham (IN)
57 Mecosta (MC)
58 Alpena (AP)
59 Macomb (MB)
60 Baraga (BA)
61 Van Buren (VB)
62 Luce (LU)
63 St. Joseph (SJ)
64 Berrien (BI)
65 Wexford (WE)
66 Gladwin (GL)
67 Ogemaw (OG)
68 Muskegon (MU)
69 Calhoun (CA)
70 Montmorency (MO)
71 Crawford (CR)
72 Clare (CL)
73 Oscoda (OC)
74 Saginaw (SA)
75 Kalkaska (KA)
76 Roscommon (RO)
77 Ontonagon (ON)
78 Oceana (OA)
79 Iosco (IS)
80 Arenac (AR)
81 Lake (LK)
82 Genesee (GE)
83 Wayne (WY)

You can check out the full report on Michigan below:


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Ken Haddad has proudly been with WDIV/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters, and helps lead the WDIV Insider team. He's a big sports fan and is constantly sipping Lions Kool-Aid.

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