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24 HEALTH • Summer 2017 Nat King Cole "You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss. " Standard Time weekdays 3:00 to 6:00 pm. The Great American Songbook and jazz standards. And great radio is still great radio. Herman Hupfield Nat King Cole "You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss. " Standard Time weekdays 3:00 to 6:00 pm. The Great American Songbook and jazz standards. And great radio is still great radio. Herman Hupfield Stats and information from the health care sector Adult obesity rates have skyrocketed since the 1990s in all states, but Massachusetts had the sixth-lowest rate in the U.S. in 2015. State of obesity PULSE The Source: StateofObesity.org Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2017 14% Quality of life A large number of emergency room visits are for preventable oral health conditions. Central Massachusetts falls roughly in the middle on this measure. Oral health Source: The Massachsetts Health Policy Commision, 2016 Visits per 1,000 population Percentage of adults reporting fair or poor health Percentage of live births with low birth weight Average number of physically unhealthy days in the last 30 days Poor mental health days Worcester County Massachusetts Top U.S. performers 14% 12% 3.6% 4% 7% 3.5% 3.9% 8% 3% 3% 6% Colorado 20.20% Washington, D.C. 22.10% Hawaii 22.70% Montana 23.60% California 24.20% Massachusetts 24.30% Utah 24.50% New York 25% Vermont 25.10% Connecticut 25.30% Fall River 13.42 The Berkshires 11.72 New Bedford 9.25 Cape and Islands 7.73 Metro South 6.86 Pioneer Valley 5.92 Central Massachusetts 5.9 East Merrimack 4.58 Metro Boston 4.21 South Shore 4.14 Upper North Shore 4.07 Lower North Shore 3.87 Metro West 3.81 Norwood/Attleboro 3.41 West Merrimack/Middlesex 2.25

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