From Oregon City to Wilsonville to Lake Oswego, Clackamas Residents are Pretty Healthy

Live in Clackamas County?

Pretty good choice.

Chances you may live longer, have a better quality of life and practice more healthy behavior than your counterparts in other counties in Oregon.

That's according to a new survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin.

The survey measures counties by dozens of measures from the length of your commute, how much air pollution there is, and how active people are, to obesity rates, teen birthrates, and how many uninsured people there are to death rates, access to exercise opportunities, and how many doctors there are.

Researchers claim that "very year, nearly 1,900 deaths in Oregon could be avoided if all residents in the state had a fair chance to be healthy."

The survey found that Clackamas County - despite being number two in many categories - still has some areas to work on including excessive drinking and, ironically, the survey took issue with the physical environment many people endure.

Not the beautiful views of Mt. Hood or the numerous parks but the fact that nearly half of residents have a long commute in which they drive alone.

You can go here for all the data not just for Clackamas County but for all of the counties in Oregon.