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Southeast Kansas Still Lags In Health Rankings

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Published February 18, 2010 at 10:24 AM CST

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Kansas City, Mo. – The first-ever study ranking the health of counties in every state shows the southeast corner of Kansas remains the state's least-healthy region.
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