Napa County Gets Less Healthy, Study Says

It's not just diet and exercise—where people live matters to their health.

When it comes to community health, Napa County doesn't rank too highly in the state, according to the 2013 County Health Rankings released this week.

Napa comes in No. 24 in the state for health outcomes, measured by mortality and morbidity. The county ranks 12th for health factors, a broad category that includes health behaviors (like smoking), healthcare, the physical environment, and social and economic factors.

Fifty-seven of California's 58 counties were ranked. Rural Alpine County was too small to measure in many of the categories, officials said.

Nearby Marin County was rated the healthiest county in the state in the 2013 report.

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Napa has rated higher in prior years.

Check out Napa County's rankings in various categories over the past four years below. A lower rating is better. See more here.

Some highlights from the 2013 report:

• 86 percent of adults in Napa have graduated from high school.
• 19 percent of Napa County residents are lacked health insurance, compared to 21 percent statewide.
• the unemployment rate in Napa County was 9 percent, below the state average of 11.7 percent.

But excessive drinking in Napa County was higher than the state average: 23 percent of adults compared to 17 percent across California.

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program began in 2010 as a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin.

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