Is Howard County Really Healthier Than Montgomery?
For the fourth year in a row, Montgomery County has come in second to Howard in a study of health outcomes.
If you live in Montgomery County, the odds of you being a smoker, a couch potato or without access to doctors and dentists are lower than the average Marylander. All of those factors give Montgomery County residents better health outcomes and longer lives than the state overall, by leaps and bounds in some cases, but there's one place in Maryland that consistently bests the state's most populous jurisdiction—Howard County. Since 2010, Howard County and Montgomery County have had the same position on Maryland's list of healthiest counties—No. 1 and No. 2—a ranking created by University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute. Members of the Healthy Montgomery Steering Committee, a community health improvement project that brings …
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Jeff Hawkins
9:48 am on Friday, December 14, 2012
Maryland does have many options concerning health services, more I believe than some states. Our relatively small size geographically may be a benefit.....one is never too far from a Doctor or Hospital. I rarely see anyone "smoking" anymore and that's a good thing (ex-smoker myself). Of course the financial well being of most Maryland citizen's is a reason also. The infant mortality rate is … more ›