Another great reason to live in
Montgomery County is its ranking in the top 100 healthiest counties in the United
States, according to a new report by US News & World Report. Out of almost 3,000 counties, Montgomery
County ranked 93 this year, an improvement from 140 last year. Chester County ranked 106, and Bucks County
ranked 271.
According to the analysis, just 4.6%
of Montgomery County’s population lacks health insurance, substantially lower
than the national median of 10.6%. Montgomery
County’s life expectancy is 80.9 years, compared with the national median of
77.5 years.
The study covers counties and
county-equivalents like Louisiana parishes, the District of Columbia, and
census areas in Alaska. Counties were
evaluated on the basis of 84 metrics in ten categories, with weights assigned
to each category:
- Population
Health 14.2%
- Equity 12.23%
- Education 12.15%
- Economy
11.1%
- Housing 9.5%
- Food
and Nutrition 8.8%
- Environment 8.6%
- Public
Safety 8.5%
- Community
Vitality 7.6%
- Infrastructure 7.5%
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