Healthiest Cities in Arizona

Adult health outcomes and behaviors estimated by the CDC: obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, smoking, mental distress, sleep and health insurance coverage.

7 cities ranked in Arizona (of 96 nationwide).

Rank	City	Population	Score
1	Scottsdale, AZ Maricopa County	246,170	91.5
3	Gilbert, AZ Maricopa County	288,790	88.5
7	Chandler, AZ Maricopa County	281,231	84.3
24	Mesa, AZ Maricopa County	517,151	66.7
38	Phoenix, AZ Maricopa County	1,673,164	56.9
48	Glendale, AZ Maricopa County	258,143	48.4
56	Tucson, AZ Pima County	554,013	41.1

How this ranking works

Each metric is scored 0-100 by percentile against the other ranked cities, then blended using these weights:

Adults with obesity (lower is better) ×2
Adults with no leisure-time physical activity (lower is better) ×2
Adults with diabetes (lower is better) ×2
Adults with frequent mental distress (lower is better) ×2
Adults who currently smoke (lower is better) ×1
Adults sleeping under 7 hours (lower is better) ×1
Adults without health insurance (lower is better) ×1
Adults with a routine checkup ×1

Scores are relative to the cities in our dataset. About the data.

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Data: CDC PLACES