Luzerne and Lackawanna counties have room to improve healthcare

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Just how healthy is the county where you live?

That’s exactly what’s behind an annual report that ranks America’s counties based on their overall health.

This county-by-county comparison was just released Wednesday. In Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania alone, the report finds the good and the bad, and what counties can do to improve their health scores.

Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania is considered by many a good place to live. But a new health report tells a different story for several counties. Take for instance the home of some 316,000 people. Luzerne County ranks 60th out of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties in a new report by the University of Wisconsin population health institute.

 

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