Kings County Ranks Twenty-Second in Health for NY Counties in Annual Study

by M.C. Millman

According to an annual study released earlier this month, Kings County is ranked twenty-fourth in overall health among the sixty-two counties in New York.

In the study released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in its Count Health Rankings and Roadmaps, Kings County's overall health data outcomes that were tracked health included length of life, quality of life, physical environment, as well as social and economic factors, all of which determined the results. 

In New York State, Putnam County ranked No. 1, and the Bronx came in last of the State's 62 counties.