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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/california-marin-county-ranked-healthiest-trinity-county-unhealthiest-230100198.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwZDlnbW0xBF9TAzIwMjM4Mjc1MjQEZW1haWxJZAMxMzMzNTg5MjM4">http://news.yahoo.com/california-marin-county-ranked-healthiest-trinity-county-unhealthiest-230100198.html;_ylc=X3oDMTEwZDlnbW0xBF9TAzIwMjM4Mjc1MjQEZW1haWxJZAMxMzMzNTg5MjM4</a>
</p><p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167199" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">The <a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/california/2012/rankings/outcomes/overall" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">County Health Rankings</a>, compiled and published by the <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_3" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Wisconsin Population Health Institute</span>and the <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_0" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Robert Wood Johnson Foundation</span>, identify <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1333581130_8" style>California</span>'s <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_1" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Marin County</span> as the healthiest place in the Golden State. <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_2" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Trinity County</span> is the unhealthiest.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167222" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167221">What <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_7" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">health factors</span> did researchers measure?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167374" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/california/2012/measures/outcomes/1/map" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">Measures</a> included premature death and morbidity factors, which included overall health, physical health, mental health, and low birth weight statistics. Also included were economic data and personal behavior choices.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167378" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167377">Which county ranked first in premature deaths?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167218" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">Researchers measured <a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/california/2012/measures/outcomes/1/data" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">premature death data</a> as the sum total of years lost between a person's age at death and age 75. Trinity County had the highest premature death rate with approximately 10,546 years lost; next came <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_6" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Del Norte County</span> with 10,312 years. Marin County ranked last with only about 3,846 years lost.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167330" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167329">How do Marin and Trinity Counties compare and contrast?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167212" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">A <a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/california/2012/compare-counties/041+105" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">county comparison</a> highlights that the difference between healthiest and unhealthiest California locale may be influenced by unemployment and personal behavior choices. For example, 8.3 percent of <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1333581130_4" style="color:rgb(54,99,136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54,99,136)">Marin County residents</span> are unemployed; in Trinity County, this number is closer to 18.7 percent. By comparison, California's overall unemployment rate is 12.4 percent. Going hand in hand with the lack of income are children living in poverty -- 11 percent versus 31 percent -- and high numbers of uninsured residents. Adult obesity is higher in Trinity County (24 percent) than in Marin County (15 percent). A look at financial data shows that the median household income in Marin County totals $82,383, while Trinity County households on average only made $35,207.</p>
<p style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b>Is income the overall deciding factor in healthy versus unhealthy living?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167215" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">This is a fair assumption. <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1333581130_5" style>Modoc County</span> household incomes averaged $34,579, while San Mateo median household incomes were as high as $82,413. Ranking 46th and 5th respectively, 33 percent of children in Modoc County live in poverty whereas 9 percent of San Mateo children fit this classification. Only three percent of San Mateo County residents reported a limited access to healthy foods, while 16 percent of those living in Modoc County faced this problem.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167395" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167398">How do these numbers compare to 2010?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167392" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><a href="http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/app/california/2010/rankings/outcomes/overall" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">In 2010</a>, Marin County still led the charge, but the unhealthiest county was Del Norte; Trinity County was in 53rd place, Modoc County ranked 47th, and San Mateo County remained steady in 5th place.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167389" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><b id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167403">Why do these rankings matter?</b></p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167386" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px">"The County Health Rankings show us that much of what influences our health happens outside of the doctor's office. In fact, where we live, learn, work and play has a big role in determining how healthy we are and how long we live," the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation told the <a href="http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=20772" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(93,67,112);text-decoration:none">Central Valley Business Times</a>.</p>
<p id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167450" style="margin-top:11px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px"><i id="yui_3_3_0_25_1333647507167453">Sylvia Cochran is a Los Angeles area resident with a firm finger on the pulse of California politics. Talk radio junkie, community volunteer and politically independent, she scrutinizes the good and the bad from both sides of the political aisle.</i></p>
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