Percent of households with life insurance:
Cincinnati: 20th (43.9 percent)
1.Pittsburgh (46.9 percent)
2.Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. (46.5 percent)
3.Winston-Salem, N.C. (45.7 percent)
4.Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. (45.7 percent)
5.Portland, Ore. (45.5 percent)
6.Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (45.5 percent)
7.Kansas City, Mo. (45.1 percent)
8.Seattle (45.0 percent)
9.St. Louis, Mo. (44.9 percent)
10.Charlotte, N.C. (44.8 percent)
Savings to income ratio:
Cincinnati: 15th (137.4 percent)
1.Miami (164.9 percent)
2.Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. (159.2 percent)
3.Pittsburgh (159.0 percent)
4.New Orleans (154.7 percent)
5.Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (149.2 percent)
6.Winston-Salem, N.C. (147.4 percent)
7.San Antonio, Texas (147.1 percent)
8.New York (145.9 percent)
9.Cleveland (145.3 percent)
10.New Haven, Conn. (142.7 percent)
Income to home value ratio:
Cincinnati: 14th (33.8 percent)
1.Fort Worth, Texas (47.37 percent)
2.St. Louis, Mo. (44.05 percent)
3.Indianapolis (42.58 percent)
4.Pittsburgh (39.10 percent)
5.Dallas (38.84 percent)
6.Detroit (36.47 percent)
7.Houston (36.16 percent)
8.San Antonio, Texas (36.03 percent)
9.Nashville (35.62 percent)
10.Atlanta (35.23 percent)
Median household income:
Cincinnati: 35th ($45,999)
1.San Jose, Calif. ($79,312)
2.Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. ($70,425)
3.San Francisco ($68,268)
4.Washington, D.C. ($67,008)
5.Bergen, N.J. ($64,366)
6.Oakland, Calif. ($62,962)
7.Orange County, Calif. ($62,758)
8.Newark, N.J. ($62,091)
9.Boston, Mass. ($60,641)
10.Minneapolis-St. Paul ($56,371)
Quality of life index:
Cincinnati: 47th (54.6)
1.Salt Lake City, Utah (100.0)
2.Sacramento, Calif. (97.9)
3.San Francisco (95.9)
4.Portland, Ore. (93.8)
5.Bergen, N.J. (89.7)
6.Seattle (89.7)
7.Minneapolis-St. Paul (87.7)
8.San Diego (85.7)
9.Phoenix (83.6)
10.Denver (81.6)
BMI index:
Cincinnati: 42nd (26.3)
1.Phoenix (24.9)
2.San Francisco (25.2)
3.Boston (25.2)
4.Bergen, N.J. (25.4)
5.Denver (25.5)
6.Orange County, Calif. (25.5)
7.Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. (25.6)
8.Salt Lake City, Utah (25.6)
9.Newark, N.J. (25.6)
10.New York (25.6)
Cigarettes per month:
Cincinnati: 47th (6.89 packs per month).
1.San Francisco (1.2 packs per month)
2.Orange County, Calif. (2 packs per month)
3.Sacramento, Calif. (2.2 packs per month)
4.Oakland, Calif. (2.3 packs per month)
5.Miami (2.4 packs per month)
6.San Jose, Calif. (2.4 packs per month)
7.San Diego (2.6 packs per month)
8.Salt Lake City, Utah (2.8 packs per month)
9.Phoenix (2.8 packs per month)
10.Los Angeles (2.8 packs per month)
Physical activity minutes per day:
Cincinnati: 41st (28 minutes per day)
1.San Francisco (42 minutes per day)
2.Detroit (42 minutes per day)
3.Portland, Ore. (40 minutes per day)
4.Seattle (40 minutes per day)
5.Las Vegas (39 minutes per day)
6.Washington, D.C. (38 minutes per day)
7.Sacramento, Calif. (37 minutes per day)
8.Norfolk, Va. (37 minutes per day)
9.San Diego (37 minutes per day)
10.San Bernardino, Calif. (36 minutes per day)
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