The Top 10 Healthiest States In America.

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According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2011, Hawaii residents had the highest wellbeing in the nation in 2011 with a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index score of 70.2, maintaining that state's No. 1 status for a third consecutive year.

Hawaii's high scores on the Emotional Health and Healthy Behaviors Indexes helped the state hold onto its top spot overall. Kinda hard to argue when you think of all that fresh air, beautiful scenery, layed back friendliness and healthy food.

In terms of emotional health specifically, Hawaiians were the most likely to say they smiled or laughed a lot "yesterday" and the least likely to report daily worry or stress and to have ever been diagnosed with depression. Residents' good eating and exercise habits and lower smoking rates earned them the distinction of having the best healthy behaviors in the nation.

Rank	STATE	Well-Being Score
1	Hawaii	70.2
2	North Dakota	70.0
3	Minnesota	69.2
4	Alaska	69.0
5	Utah	69.0
6	Colorado	68.4
7	Kansas	68.4
8	Nebraska	68.3
9	New Hampshire	68.2
10	Montana	68.0

January-December 2011 Gallop-Healthways Well-Being Index

Find the complete list of all 50 states here.

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HOW DID GALLUP COME UP WITH THE DATA AND THE FORMULA FOR THESE SCORES?

The data was based on daily surveys conducted the entire year and is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where a perfect 100 represents ideal wellbeing.

The poll surveyed a random sample of 353,492 adults using random-digit-dial sampling during 2011. The maximum margin of sampling error is ±1 percentage point. They have been doing this tracking since 2008.

To compile the Well-Being Index, Gallup obtains completed interviews from 1,000 U.S. adults nationally, seven days a week, excluding only major holidays.

Based on their response, individuals and communities receive an overall well-being composite score and score of each of six sub-indices including life evaluation, emotional health, physical health, healthy behavior, work environment and basic access.

Changes in condition can be tracked over time, and the introduction of both controlled and uncontrolled variable considered. Discrete populations can also be ranked one against another for a stratified view of their relative well-being.

You can read more about it all here.