Oklahoma's 10 healthiest counties

Oklahoma typically ranks near the bottom of the country on residents’ health, but some counties are doing considerably better.

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation produce annual rankings of most U.S. counties. They come up with an overall health score for each based on factors like length of residents' live, how common some diseases are, whether residents practice healthy behaviors and how many live in poverty or lack education.

Counties near the top in Oklahoma tended to have lower rates of poverty, more residents who graduated high school and lower rates of smoking. 

Click through to learn more about Oklahoma's healthiest places. For each, we've included five ways it ranked better than the state as a whole, and one area where it was behind Oklahoma as a whole.

10. Rogers County

Highlights:

56 percent fewer violent crimes

43 percent fewer children in poverty

39 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

31 percent fewer teen births

25 percent fewer injury deaths

Something to work on:

28 percent more preventable hospital stays

9. Wagoner County

Highlights:

47 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

36 percent fewer teen births

30 percent fewer children in poverty

25 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

15 percent fewer adult smokers

Something to work on:

15 percent higher rate of excessive drinking

8. Payne County

Highlights:

62 percent fewer teen births

49 percent fewer violent crimes

28 percent fewer injury deaths

25 percent fewer low-birthweight babies

22 percent lower unemployment

Something to work on:

7 percent fewer women of the appropriate age getting mammograms

7. Cleveland County

Highlights:

55 percent fewer teen births

43 percent fewer children in poverty

26 percent fewer violent crimes

25 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

25 percent fewer adult smokers

Something to work on:

4 percent more days when residents report poor mental health

6. Logan County

Highlights:

73 percent fewer violent crimes

57 percent fewer teen births

25 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

25 percent fewer adult smokers

16 percent fewer injury deaths

Something to work on:

50 percent higher rate of alcohol-impaired driving deaths

5. Woods County

Highlights:

83 percent fewer violent crimes

75 percent fewer alcohol-impaired driving deaths

33 percent lower unemployment

26 percent fewer children in poverty

25 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

Something to work on:

64 percent fewer people with access to exercise opportunities

4. Roger Mills County

Highlights:

80 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

74 percent fewer violent crimes

25 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

17 percent fewer children in poverty

15 percent fewer adult smokers

Something to work on:

42 percent higher rate of alcohol-impaired driving deaths

3. Canadian County

Highlights:

52 percent fewer children in poverty

37 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

36 percent fewer teen births

31 percent lower uninsured rate

30 percent fewer people in poor or fair health

Something to work on:

3 percent higher obesity rate

2. Alfalfa County

Highlights:

84 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

75 percent fewer violent crimes

31 percent lower unemployment

23 percent fewer preventable hospital stays

21 percent fewer alcohol-impaired driving deaths

Something to work on:

47 percent lower access to exercise opportunities

1. Kingfisher County

Highlights:

85 percent fewer violent crimes

50 percent fewer sexually transmitted infections

39 percent fewer children in poverty

31 percent lower unemployment rate

25 percent fewer low-birthweight babies

Something to work on:

19 percent lower access to exercise opportunities