CARMEL – Putnam County is the 85th healthiest county in America, according to the .
The publication did a deep dive into 3,000 counties and county equivalents throughout the United States for its healthiest communities’ report.
Local health outcomes are shaped by factors such as a community’s economic performance, the strength of its education system, housing availability and affordability, and other elements that affect residents’ overall quality of life.
The U.S. News Healthiest Communities rankings measure crucial health-related components of society with the aim of empowering citizens, health care leaders, and officials to make decisions about policies and practices that can improve health outcomes.
Indicators included health of the population, equity, economy, housing, nutrition, environment, public safety, community vitality, and infrastructure.
The public safety category was scored on a 100-point scale using seven criteria, including violent crime, property crime, crash rates, proximity to emergency facilities, and other measures.
Public safety rankings of these top communities also factored in the number of firefighters and police on the payrolls and how many residents live within one mile to a firehouse or a hospital with an emergency room, as a share of the total population.
While Putnam ranked 85th, Nassau County on Long Island came in 29th and was the only other municipality from New York to be ranked in the top 100.
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