Tagged: Kansas County Health Rankings

News
7:27 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Top Morning News 3.21.13

Senate moves its budget forward; Bill cutting sales and income tax gets first-round approval in House; $45M plan to hold down property tax rejected; Wyandotte County and a cluster of counties in southeast Kansas remain among the least healthy in state.

Kansas Senate Give First-Round Approval To New Budget

The Senate's version of the budges includes language that would require legislative approval before the state could expand Medicaid coverage.

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Health
5:00 am
Thu March 21, 2013

Which Kansas Counties Are Healthiest?

Credit Kansas Health Institute
A map showing the distribution of 2013 health outcomes. Counties in white rank highest in heath outcomes and those in dark green rank the lowest.

The latest Kansas County Health Rankings have been released and Johnson and Riley counties have the healthiest residents in Kansas again this year.

Wyandotte County and a cluster of counties in southeast Kansas remain among the least healthy. 

Sedgwick County came in at 72 out of 102 counties ranked.

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