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Healthy County Report Ranks Calloway in Top Five

By Angela Hatton

Murray, KY – A national health advocacy group has ranked Calloway County the third healthiest county in the state. Boone and Oldham counties were number one and two, respectively. The report released recently by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives a health snapshot of the 50 states. In Kentucky, Calloway is the healthiest county in the western part of the state. Fulton County ranked worst in the region at 110th. Researchers compiled several factors, including average age of death, health behaviors, clinical care, and physical environment.