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How healthy is your county? (Shutterstock)
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NH Rockingham County is considered among the most/least healthy in New Hampshire, according to this year s recently released County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
Published annually for the last decade, County Health Rankings is a program led by the University of Wisconsin s Population Health Institute. The goal of the rankings is to help communities better address disparities in health care access.
The rankings look at a variety of measures that affect a community s health, including high school graduation rates and access to healthy foods. Rates for smoking, obesity and teen births are also incorporated.
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The premature death rate in Norfolk County was below the Massachusetts average, according to the 2021 County Health Ratings. (Shutterstock)
NORFOLK COUNTY, MA Norfolk County is considered among the most healthy in Massachusetts, according to this year s recently released County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
Published annually for the last decade, County Health Rankings is a program led by the University of Wisconsin s Population Health Institute. The goal of the rankings is to help communities better address disparities in health care access.
The rankings look at a variety of measures that affect a community s health, including high school graduation rates and access to healthy foods. Rates for smoking, obesity and teen births are also incorporated.
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Quote There should be twice as many primary care doctors in the commonwealth as there are now, and with many doctors nearing retirement in the Berkshires, the need is only going to get worse quickly.
â Dr. Michael Kaplan, president of the Berkshire District Medical Society
The society has increased, from $5,000 to $10,000, the yearly scholarship loan it provides to medical students who are Berkshire County residents, adding a loan forgiveness policy.
If the recipient agrees to return to the Berkshires to practice as a primary physician and stays for three years, one-third of the loan would be reduced each year that the person practices locally.