Our state also ranks as the seventh most unhealthy state in the nation in the latest report by nonprofit United Health Foundation. You can see the results here.

Eight of the 10 bottom-ranked states are from the south, with Mississippi coming in dead last for the ninth consecutive year. Mississippi has a sky-high death rate from heart disease and high infant mortality. In general, residents of these states are more likely to be smokers or to be obese, the report found. They also have worse health insurance coverage, fewer physicians per capita and live in areas with high violent crime and more child poverty.

Is it any surprise that the most uneducated states in the nation are also some of the fattest, most vocal opponents of health care reform?

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