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Kendall Healthiest County in Illinois. Cook? Not So Much.

By Chuck Sudo in News on Apr 1, 2011 1:30PM

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A new study released that details the health rates of the nation on a county-by-county basis finds that Kendall County is the healthiest county in Illinois, while six of the ten least healthiest counties are downstate.

As for Cook County's ranking, well, it isn't good. We rank 70th in the state. Maybe we should have read and written this before we made chili dogs for breakfast.

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