Denver ranked one of the healthiest places to live in the US
DENVER (KDVR) — The Mile High City was recently ranked among the top 10 healthiest places to live in the nation, according to WalletHub.
The list looked at 182 cities, including the 150 most populous cities in the U.S., as well as at least two of the most populated cities in all 50 states, to “determine which areas prioritize residents’ well-being,” according to WalletHub.
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The 10 healthiest cities, according to WalletHub:
San Francisco
Honolulu
Seattle
San Diego
Washington D.C.
Portland, Oregon
Denver
Salt Lake City
Scottsdale, Arizona
Irvine, California
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Two other Colorado cities — Aurora and Colorado Springs — made it onto the list, ranked No. 78 and No. 66 respectively.
The list looked at four metrics: Health care, food, fitness and green space to determine the rankings.
Some of the metrics looked at in each of the categories included the premature death rate for health care, the consumption of fruit and vegetables by residents in food, the share of adults who engage in physical activity in fitness and parkland access per capita for green space.
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When it came to these four metrics, Denver ranked relatively high in each, coming in at No. 29 overall in health care, No. 11 in food, No. 19 in fitness and No. 16 in green space.
It also only used the city proper for the ranking, not the metro area as a whole. For Denver, this meant that only factors within the city limits were considered.
The data used by WalletHub came from various sources, including the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control.
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