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"Thank God for Mississippi" is an adage used in the United States, particularly in the South, that is generally used when discussing rankings of U.S. states. [1] Examples include rankings of educational achievement, business opportunities, [2] obesity rates, [3] overall health, [4] the poverty rate, [5] life expectancy, or other criteria of the quality of life or government in the 50 U.S. states.
Events from the year 2009 in the United States.. The inauguration of Barack Obama as the president, occurred on January 20.The nation, still recovering from the Great Recession, received various economic stimuli through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and similar legislation, which most notably gave Americans tax credits.
The United States experienced the beginnings of a pandemic of a novel strain of the influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as "swine flu", in the spring of 2009.The earliest reported cases in the US began appearing in late March 2009 in California, [114] then spreading to infect people in Texas, New York, and other states by mid-April. [115]
Top 10 unhealthiest states. The full list of the 10 unhealthiest states in the Forbes study (with overall scores in parentheses): West Virginia (100.0) Mississippi (96.04) Tennessee (94.39 ...
For the fifth year in a row, Hawaii ranks as the nation’s healthiest state while Mississippi fell from 49th to 50th on the list. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
English: Health uninsurance rates in the United States by state in 2009, as percentage of all persons, according to the United States Census Bureau ("Health Insurance Historical Tables (HIA-1: 1999–2009)".) Legend:
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In the fall of 2009, the British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver arrived in Huntington, West Virginia, which had recently been named the unhealthiest city in America. Huntingtonians were suffering in record numbers from diabetes and heart disease.