Soul Sustenance: Most Relaxed States

 Research has revealed the most relaxed states, with South Dakota coming out on top.

The study conducted by CBD oil products company CBDfx explored data from the United Health Foundation’s American Health Rankings to see which states had the lowest rates of people reporting stress.

The study found that the midwestern state of South Dakota has the lowest stress rate, thus being the most relaxed state. The data reports that only 9.4% of citizens suffer from frequent mental distress, the lowest in the top ten. Only 7.9% of citizens suffer from frequent physical distress. Combining these statistics, it scores 96.20 out of 100 on the relaxation score.

Hawaii comes in second place, with the state coming in with a relaxation score of 93.93 out of 100. This is due to only 10.7% of citizens suffering from frequent mental distress and 7.3% suffering from frequent physical distress. The physical distress percentage is the joint lowest of any state in the top ten.

Coming in third place is Illinois, which takes its place with a relaxation score of 88.954 out of 100. The state sees 10% of citizens suffer from frequent mental distress in the study, and only 8.7% suffer from frequent physical distress.

Alaska comes in fourth place, with a score of 88.952 for the northwest state, scoring remarkably close to Illinois in the study. In the state, 9.9% of citizens reported suffering from frequent mental distress, and 8.8% reported suffering from frequent physical distress.

Rounding out the top five is Maryland, coming in with a relaxation score of 88.52 out of 100, with 12.2% of citizens reporting frequent mental distress and 7.3% reporting frequent physical distress. The percentage of people in the state reporting physical distress is the joint lowest in the top ten.

 

Rank	Name	Frequent mental distress %	Frequent physical distress %	Score /100
1	South Dakota	9.4	7.9	96.20
2	Hawaii	10.7	7.3	93.93
3	Illinois	10	8.7	88.954
4	Alaska	9.9	8.8	88.952
5	Maryland	12.2	7.3	88.52
6	North Dakota	11.3	8.2	86.11
7	Nebraska	11.9	7.9	85.70
8	New Jersey	12.3	7.9	84.41
9	Massachusetts	12.9	7.7	83.84
10	Minnesota	12.2	8.1	83.59

 

Using the same methodology, West Virginia is the ‘most stressed’ of any state, with 17.5% of citizens reporting frequent mental distress and 15.8% reporting suffering from frequent physical distress.

Commenting on the findings, a spokesperson from CBDfx said: “It’s clear that there are many reasons that stress can come about nowadays, whether it is job issues, financial worries or relationship problems. However, there are also many ways of dealing with stress, so it’s interesting to see the massive gap between the country's most stressed and most relaxed states.”

 

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Post courtesy of CBDfx