Monroe County ranks 38 among New York's 62 counties for overall health.
That's according to a report released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin.
Associate researcher Kate Konkle from the University of Wisconsin Public Health Institute says they looked at data from a number of sources, including the Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control to compile the listings.
They show a 30 percent adult obesity rate in Monroe County, higher than the state average of 24 percent. Konkle says poverty is another concern. "Twenty-two percent of children are living in poverty. That's about the same as the New York average. But that means about 1 in 5 kids is living in poverty. That's something we need to think about and address more."
The report also says Monroe County has a rate of alcohol-impaired driving deaths that is ten percent higher than the state average.
There were also some positive factors in the rankings, including the fact that 72 percent of Monroe County residents have some college education. That's in the top ten percent nationally, and is higher than the state average of 65 percent.
