HUNTINGTON â A culmination of three decadesâ worth of data has shown interesting connections between West Virginiaâs high smoking rate and other health disparities in the state.
The United Health Foundation recently released its inaugural Americaâs Health Rankings Health Disparities Report, which highlights disparities across race and ethnicity, education, gender and geography across the country. The large report paints a comprehensive portrait of health inequities by focusing on 30 measures of health as well as on several subpopulation groups.
Americaâs Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nationâs health on a state-by-state basis.
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