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2012 State of Well-Being

Massachusetts

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State of Massachusetts Well-Being Ranking from data collected January 2, 2012 - December 30, 2012

*#1 is the top Rank and 50 the bottom*#0 is the bottom Result and 100 the top (see methodology for descriptions)*Source: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Survey 2012 n = 353,564 and 2011 n = 353,492

2011 2012

Well-Being Overall 67.4 68.1

Life Evaluation 51.0 52.0

Emotional Health 78.5 78.2

Physical Health 78.0 77.5

Healthy Behavior 65.2 65.7

Work Environment 45.0 48.4

Basic Access 86.6 86.9

Top Quintile 2nd Quintile 5th Quintile4th Quintile3rd Quintile

1 HI HI2 CO CO3 MN MN4 UT UT5 VT VT6 MT MT7 NE NE8 NH NH9 IA IA

10 MA MA11 MD MD12 SD SD13 WY WY14 VA VA15 WA WA16 CT CT17 KS KS18 CA CA19 ND ND20 WI W21 ME ME22 ID ID23 AZ AZ24 OR OR25 NM NM26 DE DE27 TX TX28 IL IL29 PA PA30 NY NY31 AK AK32 NJ NJ33 GA GA34 FL FL35 NC NC36 MI MI37 RI RI38 MO MO39 NV NV40 SC SC41 OK OK42 IN IN43 LA LA44 OH OH45 AL AL46 AR AR47 TN TN48 MS MS49 KY KY50 WV WV

2011 2012

Wel 14 10

Life 16 7

Emo 38 43

Phy 14 19

Hea 16 16

Wor 43 22

Bas 1 1


*Ranking of 189 Metropolitan Statictical Areas, following U.S. Census Bureau Definitions for Metropolitan Statistical Areas*Source: Gallup-Healthways Index Survey 2012 n = 353,564 and 2011 n = 353,492*Source: 2013 Nielson Claritas, CBSA Population

Massachusetts MSA Rankings Ranking from data collected January 2, 2012 - December 30, 2012

Population

BarnstableTown

179,647

Boston,Cambridge,

Quincy

3,649,935

Springfield

547,072

Worcester

620,412

Providence,New Bedford,

Fall River

1,261,141

Overall Rank 2012 6 31 80 138 155

2011 11 37 97 123 134

Life Evaluation 2012 86 21 40 154 145

2011 106 59 130 102 136

Emotional Health 2012 69 142 183 130 184

2011 41 105 162 96 153

Physical Health 2012 47 50 150 136 108

2011 15 26 160 82 121

Healthy Behavior 2012 5 34 125 77 112

2011 1 44 39 129 65

Work Environment 2012 2 83 36 163 167

2011 28 120 92 165 143

Basic Access 2012 14 12 41 36 89

2011 9 8 35 41 89

Top Quintile 2nd Quintile 3rd Quintile 4th Quintile 5th Quintile

State

10

14

7

16

43

38

19

14

16

16

22

43

1

1


Massachusetts Congressional District RankingsRanking from data collected January 2, 2012 - December 30, 2012

*Ranking of 436 Congressional Districts*Source: Gallup-Healthways Index Survey 2012 n = 353,564 and 2011 n = 353,492

MA-01 MA-02 MA-03 MA-04 MA-05

Overall Rank 2012 235 198 169 100 115

2011 191 319 130 73 162

Life Evaluation 2012 228 195 227 71 198

2011 230 369 117 34 215


2011 273 356 318 281 131

Physical Health 2012 305 327 291 54 189

2011 340 295 145 100 209


2011 126 236 194 160 71


2011 255 350 234 228 306

Basic Access 2012 61 138 48 19 39

2011 88 117 49 30 90

Top Quintile 2nd Quintile 5th Quintile3rd Quintile 4th Quintile

State

10

14

7

16

43

38

19

14

16

16

22

43

1

1


Massachusetts Congressional District RankingsRanking from data collected January 2, 2012 - December 30, 2012

*Ranking of 436 Congressional Districts*Source: Gallup-Healthways Index Survey 2012 n = 353,564 and 2011 n = 353,492

MA-06 MA-07 MA-08 MA-09 MA-10

Overall Rank 2012 144 21 30 36 26

2011 221 18 127 122 72

Life Evaluation 2012 153 74 5 77 147

2011 280 30 54 265 136


2011 355 153 359 245 193

Physical Health 2012 153 102 20 147 164

2011 102 77 29 89 106


2011 59 63 251 114 9


2011 410 78 322 196 289

Basic Access 2012 15 18 70 38 11

2011 12 6 109 25 15

Top Quintile 2nd Quintile 5th Quintile3rd Quintile 4th Quintile

State

10

14

7

16

43

38

19

14

16

16

22

43

1

1


State Congressional District Definitions

1.00Congressional District #1

Counties:

Cities:

Berkshire County, Franklin County, Hampden County, Hampshire County, Middlesex County, Worcester County

Adams, Amherst, Ashburnham, Ashby, Ashfield, Ashley Falls, Athol, Baldwinville, Barre, Becket, Belchertown, Bernardston, Blandford, Buckland, Charlemont, Cheshire, Chester, Chesterfield,Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Dalton, Deerfield, Easthampton, Erving, Fitchburg, Gardner, Gilbertville, Goshen, Granby, Granville, Great Barrington, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Haydenville,Heath, Hinsdale, Holyoke, Housatonic, Hubbardston, Huntington, Lancaster, Lanesboro, Lee, Lenox, Leominster, Leverett, Lunenburg, Millers Falls, Monroe Bridge, Montague, Monterey, NewBraintree, New Salem, North Adams, Northfield, Oakham, Orange, Otis, Pepperell, Petersham, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Princeton, Richmond, Rowe, Royalston, Russell, Rutland, Sandisfield,Savoy, Sheffield, Shelburne Falls, Shutesbury, South Deerfield, South Egremont, South Hadley, Southampton, Southfield, Southwick, Sterling, Stockbridge, Sunderland, Templeton, Townsend,Turners Falls, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, West Brookfield, West Chesterfield, West Hatfield, West Springfield, West Stockbridge, West Townsend, Westfield, Westminster, Williamsburg,Williamstown, Winchendon, Worthington


Counties:

Cities:

Hampden County, Hampshire County, Norfolk County, Worcester County

Agawam, Amherst, Auburn, Bellingham, Blackstone, Brimfield, Brookfield, Charlton, Cherry Valley, Chicopee, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, FeedingHills, Fiskdale, Florence, Grafton, Granby, Hadley, Hampden, Hatfield, Holland, Hopedale, Indian Orchard, Leeds, Leicester, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, Monson,North Brookfield, North Grafton, North Oxford, Northampton, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Palmer, Paxton, Rochdale, Rutland, South Grafton, South Hadley, Southbridge, Spencer,Springfield, Sturbridge, Sutton, Three Rivers, Upton, Uxbridge, Wales, Webster, West Brookfield, West Warren, Whitinsville, Wilbraham


Counties:

Cities:

Bristol County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Worcester County

Ashland, Attleboro, Attleboro Falls, Auburn, Barre, Bellingham, Boylston, Clinton, Dighton, Fall River, Fayville, Franklin, Holden, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hubbardston, Hudson, Jefferson,Lancaster, Leicester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Medway, Millbury, Norfolk, North Attleboro, North Grafton, Northborough, Norton, Oakham, Paxton, Plainville, Princeton, Rehoboth, Rutland,Seekonk, Shrewsbury, Somerset, Southborough, Sterling, Swansea, West Boylston, Westborough, Westminster, Westport, Worcester, Wrentham




Counties:

Cities:

Barnstable County, Bristol County, Middlesex County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County

Acushnet, Assonet, Auburndale, Berkley, Brookline, Buzzards Bay, Carver, Chestnut Hill, Dighton, Dover, East Freetown, East Taunton, East Walpole, East Wareham, Fairhaven, Fall River,Foxboro, Halifax, Lakeville, Mansfield, Marion, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Millis, New Bedford, Newton, Newton Center, Newton Highlands, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls,Newtonville, Norfolk, North Attleboro, North Dartmouth, North Dighton, Norton, Norwood, Raynham, Rochester, Sharon, Sherborn, South Dartmouth, South Easton, Taunton, Waban, Walpole,Wareham, Wellesley, Wellesley Hills, West Newton, West Wareham, Weston, Westport, Westwood


Counties:

Cities:

Essex County, Middlesex County, Worcester County

Acton, Andover, Ayer, Berlin, Billerica, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Clinton, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Haverhill, Hudson, Lancaster, Lawrence, Leominster,Littleton, Lowell, Maynard, Methuen, North Billerica, North Chelmsford, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Village of Nagog Woods, Wayland, Westford


Counties:

Cities:

Essex County, Middlesex County

Amesbury, Bedford, Beverly, Boxford, Burlington, Byfield, Danvers, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hanscom AFB, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester, Marblehead, Merrimac,Middleton, Nahant, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Peabody, Reading, Rockport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Saugus, South Hamilton, Swampscott, Topsfield,Wakefield, Wenham, West Newbury, Wilmington




Counties:

Cities:

Middlesex County, Suffolk County

Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Framingham, Hanscom AFB, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Natick, Newton, Revere, Somerville, Stoneham,Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wayland, Weston, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn


Counties:

Cities:

Middlesex County, Suffolk County

Allston, Boston, Brighton, Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Medford, Revere, Roslindale, Somerville, Winthrop


Counties:

Cities:

Bristol County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County, Suffolk County

Avon, Boston, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, Dedham, Dover, East Bridgewater, East Walpole, Foxboro, Halifax, Hanson, Holbrook, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Medfield,Milton, Needham, Needham Heights, North Easton, Norwood, Pembroke, Randolph, Roslindale, South Easton, South Walpole, Stoughton, Walpole, West Bridgewater, West Roxbury,Westwood, Whitman




Counties:

Cities:

Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County, Norfolk County, Plymouth County

Abington, Barnstable, Braintree, Brewster, Brockton, Buzzards Bay, Carver, Centerville, Chatham, Chilmark, Cohasset, Cotuit, Cuttyhunk, Dennis, Dennis Port, Duxbury, East Falmouth, EastSandwich, East Weymouth, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Forestdale, Hanover, Hanson, Harwich, Harwich Port, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Hyannis, Kingston, Marshfield, Marstons Mills,Mashpee, Middleboro, Milton, Nantucket, North Chatham, North Falmouth, North Truro, North Weymouth, Norwell, Orleans, Osterville, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Pocasset,Provincetown, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Sandwich, Scituate, South Chatham, South Dennis, South Weymouth, South Yarmouth, Truro, Vineyard Haven, Wellfleet, West Barnstable, WestDennis, West Harwich, West Tisbury, West Yarmouth, Weymouth, Woods Hole, Yarmouth Port


Survey Dates: January 2, 2012 through December 30, 2012

Sample Information:Total Surveys: 353,564 Respondents aged 18 and older

Maximum Sample Size: Cities: 14,544 respondents States: 32,189 respondents Congressional Districts: 2,274 respondents*

Minimum Sample Size: Cities: 309 respondentsStates: 910 respondents Congressional Districts: 314 respondents*

Margin of Error: For results based on the overall 353,564 respondents, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximummargin of sampling error is +/-0.2 percentage points.

*For results based on 5,000 +/-1.4 percentage points*For results based on 1,000 +/-3.1 percentage points*For results based on 500 +/-4.4 percentage points*For results based on 300 +/-5.7 percentage points

Composite Results:0 (bottom) to100 (top) Scale

In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias intothe findings of public opinion polls.

The Well-Being Index composite result is an average of six domains: life evaluation, emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors, work environment and basic access. Among states, overall Well-Being Index results ranged from a high of 71.1 (Hawaii) to a low of 61.3 (West Virginia). The 2012 national average for Well-Being was 66.7, Life Evaluation 49.5, Emotional Health 79.4, Physical Health 77.0, Health Behaviors 64.5 , Work Environment 47.8 and Basic Access 82.3.

Position Scale:For detailed descriptions of the domains, visit the methodology section of www.well-beingindex.com.

Each state is positioned from 1-50, based on composite scores as compared to all States; Each Congressional District ispositioned from 1-436, based on composite scores as compared to all Congressional Districts; Each City (MetropolitanStatistical Area) is positioned from 1-189, based on composite scores as compared to all cities.

"The survey methods for Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index relies on live (not automated) interviewers, dual-frame telephone sampling (which includeslisted landlines as well as random digit dial (RDD) wireless phone sampling to reach those in wireless-only households), and a random selection method forchoosing respondents within a landline household. Additionally, daily tracking includes Spanish-language interviews for respondents who speak onlySpanish, and includes interviews in Alaska and Hawaii. The data are weighted daily to compensate for disproportionalities in selection probabilities andnon-response. The data are weighted to match targets from the U.S. Census Bureau by age, sex, region, gender, education, ethnicity and race. The dataare weighted to match the Center for Disease Control’s National Health Interview Survey targets for telephone status."

"The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index Composite Score is comprised of six sub-indices: Life Evaluation, Emotional Health, Physical Health, HealthyBehavior, Work Environment and Basic Access. The Life Evaluation Sub-Index is partially based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale and combinesthe evaluation of one’s present life situation with one’s anticipated life situation five years from now. The Emotional Health Sub-Index is primarily a compositeof respondents’ daily experiences, asking respondents to think about how they felt yesterday along nine dimensions. The Physical Health Sub-Index iscomprised of questions related to: Body Mass Index, disease burden, sick days, physical pain, daily energy, history of disease and daily health experiences.The Healthy Behavior Sub-Index includes items measuring life style habits with established relationships to health outcomes. The Work EnvironmentSub-Index surveys workers on several factors to gauge their feelings and perceptions about their work environment. The Basic Access Sub-Index is basedon thirteen items measuring resident’s access to food, shelter, healthcare and a safe and satisfying place to live."

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