Report Ranks Three Southern States As Poorest, Sickest In The US.

showed there was little progress among many of the poorest, sickest states, with some of the southern states – Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas – remaining at the bottom of the list.” Across the US, “increases in drug deaths, obesity and diabetes offset national declines in smoking, deaths from heart disease and infant mortality.” Still, “some states’ dramatic improvement brightened the overall picture.” http://cdnfiles.americashealthrankings.org/SiteFiles/Reports/2015AHR_Annual.pdf