The 10 Worst States for Women's Health and Well-Being

[Bayard]

It’s 2019, and women still face inequality and attacks on their health and well-being. And the quality of life for women can vary greatly, depending on where they live.

A recent study from WalletHub compared life for women across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. It broke down 24 indicators of living standards into two main categories: women’s economic and social well-being and women’s health and safety. Each state was awarded points for the 24 indicators, which determined its overall rank on the list.

Louisiana ended up with the lowest overall score, giving it the title of the worst state for women in the United States. Louisiana came in 50th for women’s economic and social well-being. And within that category, it had the third highest percentage of women in poverty. Moreover, Louisiana took 48th for women’s health and safety. It had a low life expectancy for women at birth. And the state had one of the highest female homicide rates in the country.

The 10 best states for women’s health and well-being:

10. Vermont
9. Hawaii
8. Colorado
7. Maine
6. Connecticut
5. New York
4. Washington, D.C.
3. North Dakota
2. Massachusetts
1. Minnesota

https://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-10-worst-states-for-womens-health-and-well-being.html


Well hey--Kentucky didn't make either list!

[Shell_Seas]

1. Except for Idaho, they're all south of the Mason-Dixon line. I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.

[Moostache]

2. I'm shocked to see North Dakota at #3...

I guess the oil shale and tar sands money made some differences up there?

The rest of the report is utterly unsurprising. Once the USA splits in two, the Red States will rapidly descend into Haiti-like status and the Blue States will be a much richer Dominican Republic by comparison. I would bet the Confederate States of America would be a third world nation inside of a decade...maybe even as little as 5 years after a split.

[hlthe2b]

3. Colorado fought back attacks on planned parenthood and abortion. It will likely become

a regional "safe haven" if Roe is overturned, which, of course, will stir up the fundies in Eastern plains (Weld County and beyond) and of course Colorado Springs and southernmost suburbs of Denver.

I can only hope we increase our "BLUE" in 2020. It is going to be important to the state, the region, and the nation.

[MuseRider]

4. It thrills me to see a best and worst list

that does not list Kansas as one of the worst. We have been there for so long and now for this it makes me happy. For now you can come to Kansas and have an abortion and if Roe v Wade is defeated you can still come to Kansas for an abortion.

Better be quick though, our R's are frothing about this and preparing a state constitutional amendment that will put women into one of the worst states of all if voted in. Polls show that it would not stand a chance but this is Kansas, home of Koch and Kobach and polls be damned, they all must be wrong...am I right? LOL.

For now YAY Kansas! YAY Gov. Laura Kelly!

[NewJeffCT]

5. so, 9 of the top 10

are blue states

[Duppers]

12. Surprise surprise. 😉

Don't understand women voting for their own repression.

[backtoblue]

6. Arkansas last in women's health and safety...

There’s not much going for women’s health and well-being in Arkansas. The state came in 46th place for the women’s economic and social well-being category. And it ended up dead last — 51st place — for women’s health and safety. Within that category, Arkansas had one of the highest female homicide rates in the country

[LuvNewcastle]

7. I knew Mississippi would be right there on the bottom

next to Louisiana. Women here have nowhere to run of they're in danger. The women's shelter only has a few beds and they can only stay for a few nights. If they can't find a relative or a friend to stay with, they go right back into whatever awful situation they came from. It's really hard to know who to help out down here. There's so much need, and I can't do much.

[spanone]

8. Our Tennessee republican legislators and governor will be greatly disappointed.

[gratuitous]

10. I'm sure they're doing their best

And that's all Jesus can ask.

[spanone]

11. They certainly are!

[RT Atlanta]

9. Gotta love that top-5 - all in the South

What the fuck is it about the subjugation of women and minorities here in the South?

[Duppers]

13. It's where repression is tradition.

They use their cherry-picked buybull passages to back up that subjugation.

I grew up being told I didn't know my place, in so many words, by my own mother.

[RT Atlanta]

14. its ridiculous and embarrassing to me

and I am a 'child of south' having been born in and lived in 3 of the 'bottom 5' states.