Morgan County is once again deemed the state's healthiest county, while San Juan County slid to the bottom slot on this year's annual County Health Rankings.
For years, eastern Utah counties have filled the bottom of the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps list, which is created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin and evaluates an array of health criteria to rank almost every county in the country.
The Utah counties with the poorest health outcomes — ranked by how long people live and how healthy they report feeling, as well as the prevalence of low birth weight — often are also among Utah’s most economically troubled, according to childhood poverty and unemployment data.