A recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranked counties by health. In Nebraska, topping the list was Cedar County, at the bottom was Thurston County.
Both of those counties are in the Northeast Nebraska Public Health district.
CEO Deb Scholten says those surveys look at a number of factors related to health and living longer……
Scholten says Thurston County has some population issues that are part of the cause of the low rating…..
Scholten says the survey can help state and local governments look for solutions…
Scholten says making a county healthy relies on much more than just the medical community.
