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The overall state and county results were weighed equally and combined, and the counties with the 10 best results are ranked below. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>Physically<\/b> and <b>mentally unhealthy days<\/b> show the number of such days per month measured in 2014, with the U.S. overall averaging 3.5 days.<\/li><li><b>Food environment<\/b> is an index from a low of zero to a high of 10 and indicates the availability of healthy foods, with 7.2 nationwide measured in 2013.<\/li><li><b>Access to exercise<\/b> is the percentage of people with access to exercise opportunities, based on data from 2010 and 2014. The nationwide average was 84 percent.<\/li><li><b>Primary care doctors<\/b> were measured in 2013, with a nationwide ratio of 1,320:1.<\/li><li><b>Mental health providers<\/b> were measured in 2015, with a nationwide ratio of 490:1.<\/li><li><b>Insufficient sleep<\/b> is a percentage of people reporting the problem in 2014, with a national median of 33 percent.<\/li><li><b>Health care costs<\/b> were measured in 2013, when the national median was $9,275.98.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1. Chittenden County, Vermont<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physically unhealthy days: 2.8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentally unhealthy days: 3.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food environment: 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to exercise: 90%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primary care doctors: 558:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health providers: 190:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insufficient sleep: 26%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health care costs: $7,234<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State rank: #2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>2. Carver County, Minnesota<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physically unhealthy days: 2.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentally unhealthy days: 2.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food environment: 9.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to exercise: 95%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primary care doctors: 1,086:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health providers: 839:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insufficient sleep: 27%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health care costs: $7,504<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State rank: #4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><br\/>3. Washington County, Minnesota<br\/><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physically unhealthy days: 2.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentally unhealthy days: 2.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food environment: 8.9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to exercise: 95%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Primary care doctors: 890:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health providers: 485:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insufficient sleep: 29%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health care costs: $7,624<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State rank: #4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>4. Scott County, Minnesota<br\/><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physically unhealthy days: 2.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentally unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Food environment: 9.2 <br\/>Access to exercise: 95% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 1,694:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 1,136:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 25% <br\/>Health care costs: $8,231 <br\/>State rank: #4 <br\/> <b><br\/>5. Olmsted County, Minnesota<br\/><\/b>Physically unhealthy days: 2.3 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Food environment:8.8 <br\/>Access to exercise: 96% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 423:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 327:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 29% <br\/>Health care costs: $6,659 <br\/>State rank: #4 <br\/> <br\/> <b>6. Morgan County, Utah<\/b> <br\/>Physically unhealthy days: 3 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.9 <br\/>Food environment: 8.7 <br\/>Access to exercise: 58% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 1,130:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 10,608:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 28% <br\/>Health care costs: $7,045 <br\/>State rank: #7 <br\/> <br\/> <b>7. Douglas County, Colorado<\/b> <br\/>Physically unhealthy days: 2.3 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Food environment: 8.7 <br\/>Access to exercise: 99% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 1,391:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 1,170:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 26% <br\/>Health care costs: $9,479 <br\/>State rank: #8 <br\/> <br\/> <b>8. Wright County, Minnesota<\/b> <br\/>Physically unhealthy days: 2.4 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Food environment: 9.1 <br\/>Access to exercise: 81% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 2,294:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 977:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 28% <br\/>Health care costs: $8,177 <br\/>State rank: #4 <br\/> <br\/> <b>9. Dakota County, Minnesota<\/b> <br\/>Physically unhealthy days 2.5 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Food environment: 8.7 <br\/>Access to exercise: 97% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 1,423:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 746:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 30% <br\/>Health care costs: $8,143 <br\/>State rank: #4 <br\/> <br\/> <b>10. Summit County, Utah<\/b> <br\/>Physically unhealthy days: 2.6 <br\/>Mentally unhealthy days: 2.7 <br\/>Food environment: 8.1 <br\/>Access to exercise: 86% <br\/>Primary care doctors: 1,013:1 <br\/>Mental health providers: 602:1 <br\/>Insufficient sleep: 25% <br\/>Health care costs: $8,470 <br\/>State rank: #7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Times compared 3,141 counties across the U.S. using data from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, which provided county-level data, and America&#8217;s Health Rankings, which provided the state data. 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