{"id":430,"date":"2013-04-05T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=430"},"modified":"2013-04-05T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T19:09:58","slug":"yakima-earns-top-ten-spot-in-well-being-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-earns-top-ten-spot-in-well-being-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima Earns Top Ten Spot in Well-Being Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy Beehler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Communications &amp; Public Affairs Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>901-1142<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yakima ranks 10<sup>th<\/sup> among small cities in the 2013 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a national survey that provides insight about a community\u2019s overall health.\u00a0 The index is a collaborative effort of Gallup, an international polling firm, and Healthways, a worldwide healthcare services and consulting provider.<\/p>\n<p>The index ranks cities, congressional districts, and states based on feedback from surveys that are divided into six sub-indexes concerning life evaluation (current life situation and anticipated future life situation), emotional health, physical health, healthy behaviors, work environment, and access to necessities crucial to well-being (such as clean water, affordable fruits and vegetables, enough money for food and shelter, availability of healthcare, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Public and private sector leaders use data from the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index to help their communities continue to thrive and grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYakima\u2019s top-ten ranking speaks well of our community,\u201d said Yakima City Manager Tony O\u2019Rourke.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s definitely something we should be proud of.\u00a0 It says that people in Yakima value<\/p>\n<p>health and well-being and that this community is a good place to live and work.\u00a0 Like every city, Yakima certainly has issues that need to be addressed,\u201d said O\u2019Rourke.\u00a0 \u201cBut it\u2019s also important to recognize the many outstanding qualities of this community and this survey underscores that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other cities in WashingtonState also ranked well in the 2013 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.\u00a0 Bellingham was rated 4<sup>th<\/sup> among small communities, the Bremerton-Silverdale area ranked 9<sup>th<\/sup> in the mid-size communities category, and in the large communities category, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area was 8<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Washington State was 15<sup>th<\/sup> on the state composite rankings list.<\/p>\n<p>The index is based on a compilation of daily surveys that are conducted over a 12-month period to gauge the well-being of people living throughout the United \u00a0 States.\u00a0 More than 350,000 people over the age of 18 were surveyed from January 2012 through December 2012 to gather data for the latest index results.\u00a0 Since Gallup and Healthways first developed the index in 2008, more than 1.7 million people have been surveyed as part of the data gathering process.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&#8211; end &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Complete-News-Release-pdf1.pdf\">Complete News Release (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact: Randy Beehler Communications &amp; Public Affairs Director 901-1142 &nbsp; Yakima ranks 10th among small cities in the 2013 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a national survey that provides insight about a community\u2019s overall health.\u00a0 The index is a collaborative effort of Gallup, an international polling firm, and Healthways, a worldwide healthcare services and consulting provider. 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