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How Healthy is Foxborough?

Norfolk County came in at No. 4 in the Bay State's Healthiest County ranking.

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation put together a list, ranking which Massachusetts county is the healthiest. 

Factors that went into determining the ranking included mortality, access to health care, social and economic factors, health behaviors and physical environment. 

All 14 county's in Massachusetts were examined.

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Foxborough, located in Norfolk County, (South and West of Boston) came in at number 4.

Norfolk Country also ranked in the 90th percentile for access to "healthy foods," compared to the overall percentage in Massachusetts which was 77%.

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Hampden County came in last (14) and Nantucket was awarded first place with being the overall healthiest county in Massachusetts.


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