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Burlington, Vermont Named #1 on Self Magazine’s 10th Annual Survey of America’s Healthiest Places for Women  

SELF, the national women's well-being magazine, announces Burlington, Vermont as the nation's healthiest city in its 10th annual Healthiest Places for Women survey. Analyzing 100 U.S. metropolitan areas, this examination is the most comprehensive of its kind. Using a broad scope of research criteria, SELF evaluated more than 8,000 bits of data to determine each city's level of healthy living.

SELF polled a panel of experts to find out which factors most affect a woman's ability to live her healthiest. Then compiled a list of 50 criteria, including rates of diseases such as cancer and depression; health care factors such as: the number of doctors per capita and the percentage of population with health insurance; environmental and community measures such as: air quality, crime rates and unemployment statistics; and habits such as exercise, diet and smoking. . . .

The results are in with the top five Best Places for Women (2009):

1. Burlington, VT

2. Bethesda, MD

3. Portland, ME

4. Cambridge, MA

5. San Francisco, CA

Unhealthiest Places for Women (2009):

1. Tulsa, OK

2. Detroit, MI

3. Oklahoma City, OK

4. Indianapolis, IN

5. Toledo, OH

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