In a recent survey, 2 Central Coast counties ranked as the healthiest places in the state. San Benito County ranked as the 2nd healthiest county in California and Santa Cruz County ranked as the 7th, that number is up from 8th last year. Researchers for the project, studied outcomes; measured by statistics such as people dying before the age of 75 and low birth weight babies. Other factors included behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking, social and economic factors such as crime and single-parent households, access to healthcare, and environmental aspects such as air pollution and access to healthy foods.
