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NH Is Not the Safest State to Live In?
For National Safety Month, WalletHub releases an array of safety conditions for the states and District of Columbia.
New Hampshire is not No. 1 when it comes to a national ranking of the "safest states to live in," but the Granite State comes in a close second to Massachusetts.
WalletHub, in honor of National Safety Month, released a state-by-state list of safety factors, including crime, motor vehicle accidents, disasters and workplace safety.
New Hampshire's overall rank was 2nd. Here are the rankings per the following categories:
- Financial safety: 2
- Driving safety: 3
- Workplace safety: 1
- Natural disasters: 14
- Home and community safety: 10
- 3rd – Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter per Capita
- 9th – Fatalities per 100 Million Vehicle Miles of Travel
- 1st – Employer Health Insurance Coverage Rates
- 42nd – Public Hospital Rankings
- 17th – Sex Offenders Per Capita
- 9th – Assault per Capita
- 19th – Percentage of Population Without Health Insurance Coverage
- 5th – Percentage of People Who Spend More Than They Make
- 9th – Annual Consumer Savings Account Averages
- 6th – Number of Climate Disasters (over 1 billion in damage)
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