Monmouth Among Top 10 Healthiest Counties In NJ

Vianella Burns
Updated ·1 min read

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey's 21 counties were recently ranked from healthiest to least healthy in the 2022's County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. And Monmouth County was placed in the top 10.

County Health Rankings, which has been published annually for the last decade, is a program led by the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute that seeks to understand what influences how long and how well we live.

Monmouth County ranked seventh in the state for both health outcomes (life expectancy and quality of life) and health factors (behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment).

Read More: See NJ's Healthiest And Least Healthiest Counties For 2022: Report

Monmouth County had a lower premature death (death under 75) rate than the state average.

The rankings look at length and quality of life while taking into account different measures that affect a community's health, including smoking, diet and exercise, alcohol and drug use, and sexual activity. Rates for education, income, and community safety are also incorporated.

Deaths attributable to COVID-19 from 2020 were also included in the ranking.

"Communities thrive when all people can be healthy in their neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. CHR&R brings actionable data and strategies to communities working to ensure that healthy places are available to all," the organization wrote on its website.

Here's how each NJ county ranked:

  1. Morris

  2. Hunterdon

  3. Somerset

  4. Bergen

  5. Sussex

  6. Middlesex

  7. Monmouth

  8. Union

  9. Ocean

  10. Hudson

  11. Warren

  12. Burlington

  13. Mercer

  14. Gloucester

  15. Cape May

  16. Passaic

  17. Essex

  18. Atlantic

  19. Camden

  20. Salem

  21. Cumberland

County Health Rankings used data from a variety of sources to compile this year's rankings. To see New Jersey's full report on the website.

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Monmouth Among Top 10 Healthiest Counties In NJ originally appeared on the Red Bank-Shrewsbury Patch