Health and Wellness Review

By The Numbers

These numbers represent the number of motor vehicle deaths per 100 million miles driven.

States with the highest motor vehicle death rates

1. Montana: 2.5
2. Mississippi: 2.4
3. South Dakota: 2.4
4. Arizona: 2.2
5. Arkansas: 2.1
6. Idaho: 2.1
7. Louisiana: 2.1
8. Kentucky: 2.0
9. Nevada: 2.0
10. South Carolina: 2.0

States with the lowest motor vehicle death rates

1. Vermont: 0.7
2. Massachusetts: 0.9
3. New Jersey: 1.0
4. New Hampshire: 1.0
5. Connecticut: 1.0
6. Minnesota: 1.1
7. Indiana: 1.1
8. Washington: 1.1
9. New York: 1.1
10. Virginia: 1.2

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How much money do different people make?

Yes, we all know that doctors make more than bus drivers — three times as much, in fact! These are the median weekly earnings of selected occupations.

• Average $651
• Architects $1,146
• Bus drivers $517
• Cashiers $336
• Chief executives $1,834
• Child care workers $332
• Clergy $785
• Computer programmers $1,086
• Schoolteachers $826
• Lawyers $1,609
• Physicians $1,547
• Mail carriers $832
• Pilots $1,366
• Security guards $481
• Telemarketers $367
• Waiters $352

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Statistics: Relative Health of US States

Four of the top five healthiest states are in New England, and the two worst offenders are both Southern states. The rankings are based on 21 different dimensions of health care statistics. Each state is ranked according to access to health care and the overall health of a state’s population.

Healthiest States

1. Vermont
2. New Hampshire
3. Massachusetts
4. Minnesota
5. Maine
6. Iowa
7. Utah
8. Hawaii
9. Nebraska
10. Connecticut

Least Healthy States

1. Louisiana
2. Mississippi
3. New Mexico
4. Nevada
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas
7. Florida
8. South Carolina
9. Georgia
10. Alabama

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