Where are the healthiest (and unhealthiest!) places for women to live? SELF ranked 100 of the largest U.S. metro areas to find out. We analyzed roughly 8,000 bits of data in more than 50 categories, including death and disease rates, environmental indicators, community resources and lifestyle habits. Sperling's BestPlaces in Portland, Oregon, helped us gather the data and crunch the numbers, and an expert panel decided how much weight to give each criterion. Where applicable, all data is women-specific and weighted for age and population size; averages are for the 100 cities on SELF's list. How did your hometown do?
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