Report: El Dorado County one of the healthiest in state

A national report ranked El Dorado County the sixth healthiest county in California.

The University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published the report.

Counties were ranked on key factors that affect health such as: smoking, obesity, binge drinking, access to primary health care providers, rates of high school graduation, rates of violent crime, air pollution levels, liquor store density, unemployment rates and number of children living in poverty. Researchers used data from 2005-11.