Out of the largest metropolitan cities in the country, Chicago ranks among the healthiest, according to a new study by BetterDoctor.com.
The healthcare website analyzed the nation's 50 biggest cities and ranked them based on residents' exercise, eating habits, disease rates and health problems in combination with their access to parks, recreational activities, highly-ranked doctors and health coverage.
When the data was analyzed, they found Chicago rounded out the top 25 healthiest cities, coming in at no. 23.
According to their report, approximately 86 percent of the city’s residents are covered by health insurance. There are about 1.61 physicians per 1,000 residents – more than 13 percent of them being highly-rated ones in the top of their field, the study said.
As for the absolute healthiest cities in the country, those rankings were awarded to Boston, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Hartford, Connecticut.
Southern cities' residents did not rank as well.
Memphis, Tennessee, was named the least healthy big city in the country, according to the data, with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Louisville, Kentucky; San Antonio, Texas; and Nashville, Tennessee, as runner-ups.
