Study: Kootenai, Bonner Healthy

A new study out of the University of Wisconsin that ranks Idaho’s counties according to a variety of factors that determine health shows that counties in the Panhandle with the most people rank as healthier places overall to live. Kootenai and Bonner counties rank in the top third of all Idaho’s counties in about half of the eight major categories compared. Neither county ranks in the bottom third in any category. Boundary, Benewah and Shoshone counties rank in the bottom third of all counties in Idaho in at least half the categories. Forty-two of 44 Idaho counties were included in the study. Not enough information was available from Camas and Clark counties/ Cynthia Taggart , Panhandle Health District. More here .

Question: Are the rankings correct in your estimation — Kootenai and Bonner are among the healthiest counties; Boundary, Benewah, and Shoshone are in the lower tier?