AUSTIN, Texas — Austin is among the five healthiest major cities in the U.S., according to a new analysis from Forbes Advisor.
The outlet determined that Austin is the second-healthiest city in the U.S., coming in only behind San Jose, California.
Forbes analyzed the 46 most populated cities in the country across eight categories: rate of heart disease deaths, rate of opioid overdoses, diabetes rate, high blood pressure rate, binge drinking rate, obesity rate, smoking rate and rate of adults who report physical inactivity.
Austin had the lowest percentage of high blood pressure, fifth lowest rate of adults who reported smoking, and fourth lowest rate of adults with diabetes among the cities studied. Austin also had the 10th lowest rate of adults who report being physically inactive.
Also coming in the top five healthiest cities were Seattle, San Diego and Denver.
On the other end of the spectrum, Detroit is ranked as the least healthy major city in the country. It had the highest rate in five of the eight categories and also had the second-highest rate of heart disease deaths and opioid overdose deaths.
Milwaukee, Memphis, Philadelphia and Tulsa rounded out the five least-healthy cities.
KING 5 contributed to this report.
